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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Matthew Kelly

Leukaemia, asthma, kidney disease: Doctors detail the health consequences of methane exposure

Dr John Van Der Kallen.

Doctors have issued a stark warning about the health impacts of exposure to methane following revelations that the Upper Hunter has some of the highest concentrations of the toxic gas in Australia.

Preliminary data from the monitoring platform Open Methane - which uses satellite-based measurements and ground-based verification to track emissions - estimates methane levels could be twice as high as what are currently reported.

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