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CSIRO MEDIA RELEASE 95/89

CONTAMINATED WATER, KANGAROOS, WOOL 'STYLE' ...
RURAL RESEARCH

The Spring 1995 edition of CSIRO's quarterly RURAL RESEARCH is out today, and features a special report on the agricultural chemicals which may be contaminating Australia's waterways.

A range of sampling techniques has revealed that agricultural pesticides take much longer to break down than was thought. Science writer Kim Jenkins reports that, despite intensive research efforts, we are a long way from understanding the impact of the chemicals that we use on our farms every day.

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Other major items in RURAL RESEARCH include:

• new techniques for louse control in wool; researchers find that late-season treatment for lice has little effect, and have developed a new carrier for synthetic pyrethroids to combat the pest.

  More information from:

  Dr Des Hennessy
  Tel: 02-8402700

• self-sufficient sheep: the Yalanbee experience demonstrates that Merino breeders should concentrate on productive characteristics. This won't compromise the animals' ability to survive under natural conditions.

  More information from:

  Dr Rob Woolaston
  Tel: 067-761300

• kangaroos - thriving or just surviving? First of all, just what is a kangaroo? David Smith writes that some of our smaller macropods face a bleak future, but the large red and grey kangaroos are doing well. In some areas, modern farming has created 'kangaroo heaven'.

  More information from:

  Dr Graham Arnold
  Tel: 09-2908111

As well as these, there are items on winter-active phalaris, pine plantations, wool 'style', and the benefits of exotic wildlife (such as giraffe, oryx, even elephant) to Australian cattle. All this in the Spring 1995 issue of CSIRO's quarterly RURAL RESEARCH.

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