That Helen Van Der Berg women likes to stick her nose into everything !!!
Look she has started another group because she couldn't win the Essendon fight !!!
This women has to much time on her hands !!!
Toxic 'bomb' - Local News - News - General - Cranbourne Journal
Front Page - Terminate Tulla Toxic Dump Action Group Inc.
A PROTEST group that lobbied for the closure of the Tullamarine landfill says Brookland Greens is a toxic time bomb because of its sandy soils.Terminate Tulla Toxic Dump Action Group will rally in front of the Environment Protection Authority's city offices at noon today and is urging Brookland Greens residents to join it in the fight for improved landfill regulations.
Group secretary Helen Van den Berg said Cranbourne residents would be in the same boat as Niddrie residents, who were now living with toxic leaks because of "inefficient" lining and rehabilitation works.
"Why the heck they didn't give the Brookland Greens dump side liners is very hard to understand," she said.
"They had made that mistake at Tullamarine in the 1970s and found out in the 1980s that side liners were necessary. Given that the Cranbourne geology is sand which leaks laterally, it was even more critical for Brookland Greens."
Mrs Van den Berg said Cranbourne residents should join Niddrie protesters in their fight against the EPA's "incompetence" and in their push to tighten landfill regulations. The group has called for world's best practice in landfill management.
Mrs Van den Berg said 67 cancer cases detected in recent years in residents living within 2.5 kilometres of the Tullamarine tip suggested a link between leaking landfills and ill health.
Group president Kaylene Wilson said Cranbourne's tip crisis should serve as a warning for the thorough sealing and monitoring of the Tullamarine toxic landfill.
"The EPA has agreed to put a cap on the leaking Tullamarine tip but instead of a 2.35-metre cap they have only agreed to a one-metre cap - they should be cleaning up to maximum extent achievable but have compromised everyone's health and safety."
Casey councillor Steve Beardon urged Cranbourne residents to join forces with their north-western Melbourne counterparts. "There is definitely strength in numbers and the more noise we make about this, the more chance of a good outcome."