Tasmania's lakes among most contaminated in the world

Historic mining has polluted lakes with lead, copper and arsenic, including in World Heritage AreaMetal contamination levels in some of Tasmania's lakes are among the highest in the world, a new study has found, while those within the state's Wilderness World Heritage Area have also been badly polluted by mining.The Australian National University study found atmospheric metal contaminates from historic mining activities in Queenstown and Rosebery in Tasmania had "contaminated most of the Wilderness World Heritage Area". Continue reading...