Australia doing well on pesticides, but MDB a concern

Gregor Heard
Updated April 1 2021 - 5:22pm, first published March 31 2021 - 2:37pm
A Sydney Uni study has found the Murray Darling Basin is an area of concern in terms of pesticide pollution due to water scarcity and its high level of biodiversity.
A Sydney Uni study has found the Murray Darling Basin is an area of concern in terms of pesticide pollution due to water scarcity and its high level of biodiversity.

AN INTERNATIONAL study that looked at the risk of pesticide pollution has found that while overall contamination levels in Oceania are the lowest in the world there is cause for concern in the Murray-Darling Basin.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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