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DOCTOR ALARMED BY CHILD’S LEVEL OF HEAVY METALS
November 1,2019 · by Your Herald · in News. ·
“DO they work with chemicals, minerals, mining? ”

That was a toxicologist’s first disturbing response to the unlabelled results of a hair test on a nine-year-old girl who grew up less than 1.5 kilometres from Cockburn Cement’s Munster plant (“Campaign gets heavy, ” Herald, August 24,2019).

Peter Dingle, a leading researcher and prolific author on human health issues, was asked for a blind analysis of the results after they showed uranium, vanadium, boron, cadmium, nickel, silver, strontium and molybdenum at levels up to 12 times higher than the average population.

Dr Tingle, a former associate professor at Murdoch University’s school of environmental science, said the heavy metals found in the girl’s hair were at “alarming” levels.

“Yes they look like extremely high levels. It is not uncommon to have a few elevated – but not so many, so high, ” Dr Dingle said.

• The young girl plays in a park near her home. File photo

Neurological

He concluded the patient would be at risk of forming neurological disorders and needed immediate detoxification.

“Most definitely mental health issues – since those heightened levels affect the development of the nervous system.

“Beyond that the heightened levels of various numbers of the heavy metals point to severe disruptions with liver and kidney function.

“Find an environmental GP who can help detox, ” he warned.

The young girl’s family have now relocated to the eastern states to avoid further contamination, but her mother says she worries about her former neighbours.

“This is such sad news, ” she said of Dr Dingle’s analysis.

“Especially knowing that everybody has been exposed to exactly the same conditions that my daughter has been exposed to and would likely have the same levels. ”

The girl’s mother, who didn’t want the family identified, is convinced Cockburn Cement was responsible for the lion’s share of the heavy metals found in her daughter.

“I wish that Cockburn Cement would relocate into an area which is not to the detriment of the population around it.

“It needs to move out of a residential area.

“It’s quite disgusting – the smell, the air pollution. ”

The mother says her daughter’s hay fever and asthma improved just a fortnight after they moved away.

“She did suffer with hay fever, and she was allergic to dust, and that was found out when she had a severe asthma attack and asthma has formed from that, ” the mother said.

She also called on Cockburn council to do more to represent the residents.

The girl’s case has local residents’ group Cockburn Pollution Stoppers calling on the McGowan government to do further testing in the area. CPS commissioned the initial test but spokesperson Greg Hocking says they don’t have the money or the expertise for an extended trial.

A retired lawyer, Mr Hocking fears an artificial lake on the cement factory’s land may be leaching pollutants into subsoils and affecting surrounding urban areas, which could have contributed to the girl’s elevated levels.

“We managed to attain samples that somebody supplied from on-site in mid 2018, ” Mr Hocking said.

Stockpile

“From coal stockpile, limekiln dust piles, Portland cement clinker and also waste water going into an artificial lake.

“They were legally allowed to be there and the samples were returned. ”

They all showed levels of uranium, lead, arsenic, sulphur, nickel and mercury, which also turned up in samples taken from the tops of cars, laptops and prams in surrounding homes late last year.

Mr Hocking said the samples had been shown to various politicians with most ignoring them.

“They’ve gone to the minister Josh Wilson and a few other politicians. They have had these results, ” he said.

Dr Dingle, still unaware of the source of the sample, also raised storage methods as a concern.

“The aim would be to identify the source. What they have been exposed to may be leaching from their storage supplies of these minerals. ”

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Anyways totally disappointed about this company where there is no management, no team work, very bad environment and not even treating employees properly.

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This time they had to wait 45 minutes over. They charged us $346. When I questioned about it I need to speak to their floor manager. Apparently they can charge what ever they want. They have no policy how much they charge per minute.

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Cockburn Cement Burning coal next to kids coal dust flying to nearby houses child care, park and schools.

Barro group needs to know where their money coming from and is it destroying environment and people’s health?

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