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Lloyd Jones

'Asleep at the wheel': gas emissions spark criticism

INPEX's Ichthys LNG plant near Darwin is under fire for underestimating toxic emissions. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

Claims toxic emissions from two gas plants pose a low risk to human health cannot be trusted and a public inquiry is needed, an environmental watchdog says.

The Northern Territory's Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has been accused of being "asleep at the wheel" after releasing an independent human health risk assessment on the under-reporting of emissions by gas giant INPEX at its Darwin plant.

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