Undrinkable water and casual racism: The reality of Indigenous health in Australia.
Published on Mamamia
June 3, 2022
She goes to turn on her kitchen tap, but the water is undrinkable.
Not because it tastes a bit ‘chlorine-y’. For years, the water has been contaminated with uranium, more than three times the concentration limit recommended in Australia’s drinking water guidelines.
And she’s seen many neighbours in her community in Laramba, Northern Territory end up with kidney disease.
But no government has fixed it.