Mooball, New South Wales

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Mooball is a locality in the Tweed Shire, New South Wales, Australia.[1]

History

In 2016, an unusually high number of cancer cases in residents of Mooball raised concerns about whether there were radioactive elements introduced through a local sand mining business.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Mooball". GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT. New South Wales Government. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  2. ^ Turnbull, Samantha (21 Apr 2016). "Possible cancer cluster divides residents in NSW village of Mooball". ABC News. Archived from the original on 2016-11-08. Retrieved 28 March 2018.