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Report: Chemicals the Most Likely Cause of Mystery Leaf Loss in Cotton Towns

from The Sydney Morning Herald, July 28, 2020

Report: Chemicals the Most Likely Cause of Mystery Leaf Loss in Cotton Towns The Sydney Morning Herald, July 28, 2020 Chemicals used in cotton farming are the most likely cause of trees losing their leaves in parts of central western New South Wales and may pose a threat to human health, according to a government report that has been blocked from the public since it was circulated internally two years ago. The report by a technical specialist within the NSW Department of Industry is the first official analysis of a phenomenon that has mystified and troubled graziers around Narromine, Trangie and Warren, as far south as Darlington Point near Hay and as far north as Bourke. READ MORE

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