Elsevier, Aeolian Research: An International Journal on Wind Erosion Research, (14), p. 35-52, 2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2014.03.003
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This article details and examines the impact of significant inconsistencies in pollution licencing, monitoring and reporting from Australia’s leading mining and smelting communities of Mount Isa in Queensland and Port Pirie in South Australia. Although emissions to the environment are regulated according to Australia’s national air quality standards, significant atmospheric point source toxic emissions of arsenic, lead and sulfur dioxide continue to contaminate Mount Isa and Port Pirie communities.