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Mount Isa, Queensland from City Hill Lookout. Three years after blood screenings found 11 per cent of Mount Isa's children had lead poisoning, some with dangerously high levels of other metals, Xstrata has declared it won't be able to meet a deadline to clean up its emissions by next year. The Swiss-based miner is seeking a five-year extension to progressively meet the government-ordered targets over Mount Isa residences while it tries to deal with the problem, and a total exemption on emissions controls in a 20km zone to the west of the smelting operations. (Source: The Australian 09/06/2011)
Lead, copper and zinc mining operations have been active in the Mount Isa region in north Queensland, Australia since 1923. Xstrata assumed control of Mount Isa Mines in 2003. Prior to 1990, historic practices, such as uncontrolled releases of storm water from mining areas, donations of mine-site fill material for use in the community and a leak from the process water dam caused some areas of lead contamination in Mount Isa. (Source: Xstrata Zinc)
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bulk carrier
flag: Cyprus [CY]
owner: Polish Steamship Co.,
Szczecin, Poland
length: 199.9m / 656ft
built: 1999
Vessel in distance is Algoma Intrepid.
Some spectacular sheet lightning converged on Mount Isa from all angles. Some of which coincided with a spectacular sunset.
Isa Fontaine for EMA Models.
Ashton Drake Blythe girls are supposedly made using the original Kenner Blythe molds.. The plastic they used is very different than the original Kenners, so the dolls have a different look. An ADG's facial features are much sharper than a Kenner's. I wanted to see if I could soften Isa's features with some Lightroom presets. I think she looks a tad more Kenner-ish than usual, lol.
comic de la ecena local criolla periodica ilustrada por ..hy eisman . un loko deafuera sketch by senk idea mia featuring con isa ..la hoyada .....lo mochan 2010..!
First set of photos made at the Opening party for Isa & Serene their exhibition 'Tourist in Anothers Reality' at Nitroglobus.
More to come ^^
from City Lookout. Mount Isa City covers an area of over 43 310 square kilometres, making it geographically the second largest city in Australia to Kalgoorlie-Boulder WA. With a population of approximately 23 500, Mount Isa is a major service centre for North West Queensland, and a thriving city well equipped to satisfy residential, business and industrial needs. In 1923 lone prospector John Campbell Miles, while travelling on a gold prospecting trip to the Northern Territory, camped by the banks of the Leichhardt River. Sampling a nearby rock outcrop, he realised that it was heavily mineralised. Campbell Miles had stumbled on to one of the world's richest copper, silver, lead and zinc ore bodies. He decided to call his discovery "Mount Isa" after the stories he had heard of the Mount Ida goldfield in Western Australia. Almost 100 years later, the Mount Isa Mine (now owned by Swiss mining giant, Xstrata) is still one of Australia's largest producers of copper ore. The early pioneers of Mount Isa faced many hardships. The lack of water, remoteness, the summer heat, high costs and scarcity of essential items made life extremely difficult.
The ABC reported that a new study has suggested one child develops lead poisoning every nine days in the north-west Queensland mining city of Mount Isa.
Mining giant Xstrata is involved in legal action over high levels of lead in the blood of children in the city.
Dr Mark Taylor from Macquarie University co-authored the report, published today in the Medical Journal of Australia.
He says existing data confirms there is a risk to children's health in Mount Isa and not enough is being done to address the issue.
"There are about 400 children born every year in Mount Isa and about 11 per cent of those children, according to the last blood lead study, have a blood lead level in excess of the current acceptable guideline value," he said.
"When you do all the numbers, it works out it's about every nine days a child will be unnecessarily exposed to lead - a situation that could be prevented."
Bombardier CL600-2B19 Challenger 850 msn8043 de 2007
AvconJet (10/2009-12/2016)
aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur
20/07/2011
CFFHA, OE-ISA, 9H-AMY.
ISAbelle is a 9mm PDW, that can fire in single shot or 3-round bursts. Just as the Triber, it fires with a mighty 950 rounds per minute, so if you fire in burst mode, you can fire 3 bullets in sequence before the recoil kicks in.
This is my first gun with a color scheme other then 666666. I made it in Slate Gray, #98AFC7, and it looks beautiful IMO. I might be getting good at this :P
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Amy