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May 4th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Tests of sediment in Gladstone Harbour confirms dredging is not to blame for diseased fish, the Queensland environment department says.
A day after the state government increased the allowable turbidity levels in the harbour, the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP) released the results of sediment tests conducted in February and March.
Gladstone Ports Corporation is dredging in the harbour to allow for two liquefied natural gas plants on Curtis Island.
Local fishermen and environment groups have blamed the dredging for the appearance of sick fish and other ill marine life.
The EHP tested sediment from a range of sites for hundreds of potential contaminants.
“These results show that sediment in Port Curtis (also known as Gladstone Harbour) generally contains low amounts of contamination which means that dredging is not releasing contaminants into the waters at concentrations likely to cause environmental harm,” EHP Director-General Andrew Chesterman said in a statement.
The EHP on Thursday said original turbidity levels set for two dredging sites were conservative and had been increased.
The Gladstone Ports Corporation says the new levels are more realistic.
It says tidal activity, not dredging, has been responsible for pushing the turbidity levels above acceptable levels.
Australian Greens Senator Larissa Waters says she plans to ask the federal government to intervene and impose its own turbidity conditions.
“The ongoing environmental crisis in Gladstone harbour is a disaster for the Gladstone community, an embarrassment for Queensland and a national disgrace,” she said in a statement.
Queensland Opposition Leader Tim Mulherin was unaware of the EHP’s decision to change acceptable turbidity levels when reporters asked him to comment on Friday.
He later said the government should prioritise the clear communication of complex scientific information to all local stakeholders.
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