Murray Darling’s Risk of Pesticide Pollution a “High Concern”

Murray Darling’s Risk of Pesticide Pollution a “High Concern”

In March of 2021 researchers from the University of Sydney labelled the Murray Darling river system to be one of the top 5 regions of “high-concern” as part of a global analysis for risk of pesticide pollution. The team, led by the University of Sydney’s Fiona Tang, found that nearly two-thirds of agricultural land across the globe was ‘at risk’ of pollution from pesticides, with roughly a third being identified as ‘High Risk’. The research tea…