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• 2016 March: Tens of Thousands of Dead Bees (Killarney Victoria). Pesticide: Fipronil
• 2018 April: Busselton Bee Deaths (Western Australia)
• 2012 June: Thousands of Bees Killed – Batemans Bay region (NSW)
• 2019 June: 10 million bees killed – Griffith (NSW). Pesticide: Fipronil
• 2016: Western Treatment Plant Biosolids (Victoria). Pesticides: Aldrin, Chlordane (trans), DDD, DDE, Dieldrin, Heptachlor, Hexachlorobenzene
• 2016: Eastern Treatment Plant Biosolids (Victoria). Pesticides: Aldrin, Chlordane (cis), Chlordane (trans), DDT, DDE, DDD, Dieldrin, Hexachlorobenzene
• 2019 April: St George community forum addresses issue of spray drift (Queensland)
• 2009/10: Broome (Western Australia) Pesticide: ?
• 2018 Jan: Coonamble (NSW). Spray Drift. Paraquat mentioned
• 2019 February: Growers lose $1 million from suspected toxic spray. Pesticide: 2,4-D suspected
• 2018 December: Spray Drift Costs Lucerne Grower $1.3m (Victoria)
• 2018 December – Farmers seek compensation over claims chemical contamination of herbicides wiped out vegetable crops (Victoria) – Pesticides:
• 2018 November: Griffith Spraydrift (New South Wales). Pesticide: 2,4-D
• 2018 November: St. George Grapevine Damage (NSW). Pesticide: 2,4-D
• 2018 November: Spraydrift (Central Queensland). Pesticide: 2,4-D
• 2018 September: Alstonville Bee Deaths (New South Wales). Pesticide: Fipronil
• 2018 October: Indian Government Warns About Glyphosate on Dals. Pesticide: Glyphosate
• 2018 October – 4 Spray Drift Incidents (Central Highlands Queensland ). Pesticide:2,4-D
• 2018 September: Katherine (Northern Territory). 1 Million Bees Poisoned. Pesticide: Fipronil
• 2016 September – Broken Hill Area 60 Dead Eagles (New South Wales) – Methomyl
• 2018 September: Tubbut (East Gipplsland) – Farm Worker Jailed for Poisoning 406 Wedge-Tail Eagles. Pesticide: Methomyl
• 2018 June: Derby Region (Western Australia). Pesticides: 2,4,5-T, 2,4-D
• 2014 – Grain Contamination (Victoria) – Flutriafol
• 2016 August: Pesticide Residues (Western Australia). Pesticides: Glyphosate, Imidacloprid, Haloxyfop, Flutriafol, Imazapic, Imazapyr
• 2018 July : Vijayawada (India) – Glyphosate
• 2017 August – Accensi Pty Ltd Chemical Company Fined $100,000
• 2018 June: Tamworth (NSW) – Fines for Spray Drift
• 1995-2016: Innisfail Water Supply (Queensland). Pesticides: Chlorpyrifos, Fenthion Methyl, Fenthion, Diuron, Simazine, Imidacloprid
• 2016/17: Tinaroo Park (Queensland) – Thiometon, Dichlorvos
• 2015/16: Comet (Queensland). Pesticides: Atrazine, Desethylatrazine, Tebuthiuron, Metolachlor
• 2016/17: Surat River (1) (Queensland). Pesticides: Atrazine, Desethyl Atrazine, Diuron, Metolachlor, Tebuthiuron
• 2018 April: Tatong (Victoria) – Victorian Protected Cockatoos Killed By Chemical. Pesticide: Omethoate
• 1994 July: Pyengana (Tasmania). Pesticide: Simazine
• 2014-15: Moura Water Treatment Plant (Queensland). Pesticides: Atrazine, Dicofol, Endosulfan (Total), Endosulfan (Lactose), Endrin, Hexazinone, Metolachlor, Simazine, Tebuthiuron
• 2014-15: Dawson River (SW) (Queensland). Pesticides: Atrazine, Chlordane, DEET, Desethyl Atrazine, Dicofol, Diuron, Hexazinone, Metolachlor, Tebuthiuron
• 2014-15: Baralaba WTP (Queensland). Pesticides: Atrazine, Desethyl Atrazine, Dicofol, Hexazinone, Metolachlor, Tebuthiuron,
• 2018 April: Tests Reveal Poison Risk in Backyard Chook Pens. Pesticides: Dieldrin, DDT, Aldrin
• 2015/17: Chinchilla Water Treatment Plant (Qld). Pesticides: Atrazine, Desethyl Atrazine, Desisopropyl Atrazine, Diuron, Metolachlor, Simazine, Tebuthiuron, Terbuthylazine
• 2014/16: Giru/Cungulla Drinking Water (Queensland). Pesticides: Atrazine, Desethylatrazine, Hexazinone, Metolachlor, Diuron, Imidacloprid
• 2018 March (Queensland) Pesticides Killing Prawn Larvae in Early Warning for $80m Industry. Pesticides: Bifenthrin, Fipronil, Imidacloprid,
• 2018 February: 50,000 Bees Poisoned (Paddington NSW)
• 2018 January: Spray Drift Kills Cotton. Pesticide: 2,4-D
• 2017 August: Paraquat Poisoning (Mangrove Mountain NSW) Pesticide: Paraquat
• 2011-2016? Darwin River Reservoir (NT). Pesticide: Dicamba
• 2016 March: Whitemark (Tas) Council Depot. Pesticide: MCPA
• 2017 September: Pesticide Contaminates Drinking Water Dam near Ballina. Pesticide: Diazinon
• August 2017: Bird Deaths Linked to Common Insecticide that is Banned in Europe. Pesticide: Imidacloprid
• 2017 August: Five Sea Eagles Poisoned – Bairnsdale (Vic). Pesticide: DDE
• 2011 December: Candowie Reservoir (Vic) Phillip Island Water Supply. Pesticide: Monocrotophos
• 2016 October: Motor Neurone Disease: Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (NSW)
• 2017 February: Half of NSW’s cotton crop impacted by spray drift. Pesticide: 2,4-D
• 2012 November: Adjungbilly Creek NSW. Pesticide: Atrazine
• 2008 February 25: Stockers Plains Meander Tasmania
• 2012 July – 2013 June: Baratta Creek at Northcote. Pesticides: Multiple
• 2014/15: Murrumbidgee Catchment: Pesticides: Diuron, Metolachlor
• 1998 July: Plantation Streams Warren Reservoir. Pesticide: Atrazine
• 2016 January: Spray Drift Closeburn Qld. Pesticide: Aminopyralid, Fluroxypur
• 2013 – 2016: Tunbridge (Tas). Pesticide in Water: MCPA, 2,4-D
• 2013 August – 2017 February: Currie (King Island) Tasmania. Pesticides: 2,4-D, Alpha-Cypermethrin, Chlorothalonil, Glyphosate, Hexazinone, Atrazine
• 2015 May: Kuranda State Forest cleared. Pesticides: Glyphosate, Fluroxypur
• 1988 December: Kensington (Vic) United Transport Services Fire.
• 1997 February: Gawler (Tas) Crop Dusting Accident
• 2010 April: Crop Duster Accident Ayr (Qld)
• 1960’s – 1980’s: Spray Workers Ord River Exposed: Pesticides 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T
• 2002 – 2013: Dumbleton Weir Pioneer River (Qld). Pesticides: Diuron, Atrazine, Desethylatrazine, Hexazinone, Ametryn, 2,4-D
• 1992: Coffs Harbour Spray Drift: Pesticides detected: Heptachlor, Chlordane, Dieldrin, Chlorpyrifos, Diazinon, Ethoprophos
• 1973 – 1984: Coffs Harbour. Birth Defects
• 1980 – 1986: Carnarvon Birth Defects
• 2006 February: Child dies from herbicide poisoning. Pesticide detected: Paraquat
• 1996 January: Moree Cattle Contamination. Pesticide detected: Chlorflurazuron, Endosulfan
• 2000 October: Gippsland Lakes Mosquito Spray Plan: Pesticide of Concern: Temephos
• 1990 – 1992: Tully. Banana Plantations. Pesticides of concern: Propiconazole, Chlorpyrifos, Dimethoate, Monocrotophos, Mancozeb
• 1950’s – 1980’s: Ovens Valley. Pesticides: DDT, Aldrin, Dieldrin, Heptachlor, Chlordane
• 1950’s – 1960’s. Willowtree Road, Ferntree Gully.
• 1987 February: Streaky Bay School Ceduna. Pesticide detected: Aldrin
• 1950’s – 2010’s: Nufarm Coogee Kwinana (WA). Contaminated Site
• 2013 July: Mudjimba Qld. Pesticide of Concern: Gloricide (2,4-D + Metsulfuron Methyl)
• 1949 – 1986: Union Carbide owned Rhodes (Homebush Bay). Pesticides included: 2,4,5-T, 2,4-D
• 1984 – 1993: Coffs Harbour, NSW. Bananas – Cluster of Cleft Palate, Spina Bifida, Heart and Brain Abnormalities
• 1980’s: Emerald Queensland. Cotton Spraying. Childhood leukemia
• 1997: Brisbane River. Pesticides detected: Chlorpyrifos, Bifenthrin.
• 1998 September – 2017 November: Anstey Hill Water Treatment Plant (SA). Pesticides detected: Simazine, Chlordane, Dieldrin, MCPA
• 1965 – 1973: Nufarm Operations in Fawkner
• 1960 – 2015: Gunnamatta Outfall Melbourne Water
• 1998 July – 2017 October: Warren Reservoir (SA). Pesticides detected: Atrazine, Hexazinone, Simazine, MCPA, Clopyralid, Metsulfuron Methyl.
• 2014/15: Toxic Legacy Lands Department Workers Linton (Vic). Pesticide: 2,4,5-T (Dioxin TCDD)
• 1964-66: Australian Army Tests Pesticides Innisfail Queensland
• 1982 April: Hiawatha Valley Gippsland Health Problems. Pesticides: 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D.
• 1988 March: King Lake Farms Quaratined. Pesticide: Dieldrin.
• 1988 March: Bellarine Peninsula Farms Quarantined. Pesticide: Dieldrin.
• 1987-1988: The Dieldrin Contamination Issue: Gembrook (Vic)
• 1975-1978: Yarram Birth Deformities. Pesticide: 2,4,5-T.
• 1989-1992: Triazine Pollution of Tasmanian Streams
• 1992: Dianella (Perth) Groundwater contaminated with Atrazine and Fenamiphos
• 2001: Warringah Golf Course 10,000 Dead Fish (Chemical: Azinphos Methyl)
• 2003 May – 2013 Dec: Wurdee Boluc Reservoir (Geelong). Pesticide: 2,4-D.