APVMA says ‘500-fold’ increase of pesticide residues on berries poses no risk to human health

When Australian regulators were tasked with assessing the safety of Syngenta’s new pesticide isocycloseram in 2021, they were the first in the world to do so.  “At this stage, there are no approvals for this active constituent, or any product registrations anywhere in the world,” the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) public release…

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Attempted copper theft from Energex leaves 13,000 south-east Queensland customers without power

An attempt to steal copper from a south-east Queensland substation caused a fire and left about 13,000 customers without power overnight.  State-owned Energex said a fire at its Browns Plains substation caused a power outage for customers in suburbs including Boronia Heights, Hillcrest and Regents Park from 2:45am. Energex field delivery general manager Kev Lavender…

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