Tuesday June 01, 2021
News And Current AffairsCurrent Affairs
What’s causing a cancer cluster in regional Victoria that has killed babies, children and adults? Locals blame a council pesticide spraying program in the nearby wetlands. The chemicals are the most widely used pesticides in the world and were considered safe, but have now been listed by the WHO as probably carcinogenic. So is the spraying to blame for the cancer cluster? And what does that mean for other Australian cities and towns which have used this pesticide widely?
