In August 2005 a chemical fire at Narangba Indstrial Estate near Brisbane (QLD, Australia) burnt down. The fire made many nearby residents ill, but many of them had been ill for some time. The estate is home to a number of toxic indstries including agricultural chemical manufacters and a nuclear food irradiation plant...

In August 2005 a chemical fire at Narangba Indstrial Estate near Brisbane (QLD, Australia) burnt down. The fire made many nearby residents ill, but many of them had been ill for some time. The estate is home to a number of toxic indstries including agricultural chemical manufacters and a nuclear food irradiation plant...

Some of the chemicals burnt in the Binary chemicals fire included chlopyrofos, 24D, Diuron and Copper-chrome arsenate.

Kimk from 4ZzZ's radical radio in Brisbane talks to Fran jell, long time resident of Narangba and Dorothy Bowes, president of the Allergy, Sensitivity and Environmental Health Association QLD about the long term effects of the industrial estate on the health of locals.

links:

http://www.brisbane.foe.org.au/narangba.htm
http://www.asehaqld.org.au
http://www.4zzzfm.org.au