RHODES PENINSULA AND HOMEBUSH BAY REMEDIATION BY THERMAL TREATMENT IN SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA

摘要

As a result of poor industrial practices over five decades a portion of the land on the Rhodes Peninsula and the sediments of Homebush Bay in Sydney Harbour, a total area of 97 hectares, are contaminated with dioxins, furans and a wide range of organic and persistent chlorinated organic pollutants (POPs). The contamination is principally the result of the production of a broad range of chemicals including the herbicide Agent Orange and waste disposal by Union Carbide and its predecessor, Timbrol Limited, between 1928 and 1985. The sediment contamination was considered significant enough to warrant a total ban on commercial fishing in Sydney Harbour and the need to limit consumption of recreationally caught fish.