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2002: Dwellingup State Forest. Removal of 25 pesticide drums. Pesticide: 2,4,5-T

Two projects in Western Australia and one in Victoria managed by GHD provide an illustration of this.

The firm is assisting with a large-scale cleanup of 2,4,5-T, a herbicide buried on State Forest land in Dwellingup, Western Australia, in the 1970s.

The Department of Conservation and Land Management has decided to remediate the site as a public and environmental safety measure. GHD was engaged to conduct geophysical

surveys and manage the remediation action plan.

Twenty-five drums were excavated and 1,500 litres of chemicals, including 2,4,5-T and dioxins, recovered.(The chemical 2,4,5-T was used by the department to spray weed species

competing with pine trees in plantations.)

Contaminated soils and drums have been removed and disposed of at certified facilities.

https://www.ghd.com/PDF/ghd116.pdf

This entry was posted in Industrial on May 11, 2015 by Anthony.

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