Australia, remediation

Sources of arsenic contamination and remediation of mine water at the historical Glen Wills mining area in Northeast Victoria, Australia... 

Many patients (67% in one recent survey) in Australia take herbal remedies. Most do not declare these if they are admitted to hospital. The recent story of one herbal preparation reinforces the need to look carefully at possible interactions between preparations from the pharmaceutical and herbal industries. 

Arrowroot starch is obtained from the rhizomes of the tropical plant Maranta arundi-nacea L. and related species cultivated in the West and East Indies, Australia and elsewhere. Arrowroot starch has been a home remedy for gastrointestinal disorders, especially in Britain, since it is reputedly the most digestible starch. It is made into puddings by heating it in milk and is blended with eight parts of wheat flour in arrowroot biscuits. It is also used in jellies, cakes and various infant and invalid food mixtures. What is marketed as arrowroot starch from some locations may be tapioca starch. If arrowroot starch is required, its identity should be verified. 

Clarke, C.J. George, R.J. Bell, R.W. and T.J. Hatton (2002) Dryland salinity in south-western Australia its origins, remedies, and future research directions.-Australian Journal of Soil Research 40, 93-113. 

Islam, J., Singhal, N., and Jaffe, R, Modeling biogeochemical interactions in soils under leaking landfills, Proceedings of the 1999 Contaminated Site Remediation Conference, Fremantle, Western Australia, 1999. 

Clinical poisonings have been reported with herbal or ethnic remedies rich in mercury and lead and other heavy metals from the Far East, India, the Middle East, South Africa, Australia, Western Europe, and North America. Symptoms related to heavy metal intoxication are not always distinctive,... 

Amanda was trained at the School of Phytotherapy in England. She is an educator, practitioner, and lecturer, and she speaks throughout the United States, England, Australia, and New Zealand. Amanda also is the author of Herbal Remedies for Women and The Herbal Menopause Book. 

Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia... 

At present, off-site burial of contaminated soil is used extensively in Australia (Smith, 1993), being applied to over 40% of sites remediated in Victoria between 1988 and 1993 (Shoebridge, 1993). There are a number of reasons why containment in a landfill is currently the most common option in Australia. Containment is well accepted by the remediation industry and its customers, and... 

Calder, I. C. (1993). After remediation how much matters In The Health Risk Assessment and Management of Contaminated Sites, ed. Langley, A., and van Alpen, M., Proc. 2nd National Workshop on the Health Risk Assessment and Management of Contaminated Sites, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Apr. 5-7, 1993, South Australian Health Commission, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 65-68. 

Finnecy, E. E., and Johnstone, E. T. C. (1988). Remedial measures proposed for the rehabilitation of a dioxin contaminated site in New South Wales, Australia. In Contaminated Soil 88, ed. Wolf, K., van den Brink, W. J., and Colon, F. J., Proc. 2nd International TNO/BMFT Conference on Contaminated Soil, Hamburg, Germany, Apr. 

Naidu, R., Smith, E., Megharaj, M., Smith, L. H., Smith, J., Sreedaran, R., Churchman, G. J., Kookana, R. S., Juhasz, A., Gates, W., Oliver, D. P., Ragusa, S., Taylor, G., and Peter, P. (1999). Options for remediating metal contaminated soils an overview. In Proc. Contaminated Site Remediation Conference Challenges Posed by Urban and Industrial Contaminants, Fremantle, WA, Australia, ed. Johnson, C., 483-496. 

Wheeler, M. (1994). Site remediation an Australian perspective on best practice. In Environmental Management Industry Association of Australia, Yearbook 1994, ed. Cole, J., Executive Media Waterloo, NSW, Australia 156-160. 

Kestin M, Miller L, Littlejohn G, Wahlqvist M. The use of unproven remedies for rheumatoid arthritis in Australia. Med J Aust 1985 143 516-518. 

Australia. InAustralia, trade secret protection is based on common law (both English and Australian). The subject matter of the trade secret must relate to a trade. Portions of the trade secret may be known, but the overall result must not be known or achievable to the public. Protection can be based on breach of an express or implied contract or breach of a confidential relationship. Remedies can include injunctions... 

This is one of the best of the bitter tonics and febrifuge remedies to come from Australia. It is a uterine stimulant and should be avoided during pregnancy. It contains several antihypertensive alkaloids of the indole class—alstonine, alstonidine and small amounts of reserpine. 

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