A commonly used farm chemical has been found in a Great Barrier Reef catchment
near Townsville in north Queensland about 50 times above Australian safety
levels.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-22/scientists-find-herbicide-in-barrier-reef-catchment/2911386

Fumes from school chemicals on school lawn  believed to have drifted into classrooms.

Students described symptoms including: blurry  vision, mucus coming down their throat and feeling light-headed.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2048232/50-Ohio-students-poisoned-weed-killer-Edgewood-Middle-School.html#ixzz1bDjtD51M

The Queensland and Federal Government's first report card on water quality in the Great Barrier Reef has found pesticides used in agriculture  are causing significant problems for the reef.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-13/great-barrier-reef-report/2837758

The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) says the extreme  summer wet season is to blame for the number of turtles washing up on beaches in  the Capricorn Coast region.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-12/gladstone-turtle-deaths-blamed-on-extreme-wet-season/2836256

The Wide Bay Water Corporation says there is no need for alarm after the discovery of more than 100 dead fish in a lake west of Hervey Bay in southern Queensland.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-05/cold-snap-may-be-behind-fish-kill/2825566

About 600 people attended an anti-mining rally on southern Queensland's Darling Downs last night.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-05/government-slated-over-southern-qld-farmland-mining/2825578

A landmark health study being launched today will examine the link between household chemicals and burgeoning childhood diseases such as ADHD and asthma.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-05/study-household-chemicals-childhood-disease/2826166

What will it take for people see what's happening?

TopNews  United  States
Veterinary lecturer Matt Landos will give a speech regarding this issue at the Australian  Veterinary Conference in Adelaide later this week. ...
http://topnews.us/content/240117-farm-chemicals-cause-animal-deaths-and-birth-defects

Sky News  Australia
Matt Landos, who  will speak at the Australian Veterinary Conference in Adelaide this week, has  been investigating the capacity of native fish at a ...
http://www.skynews.com.au/eco/article.aspx?id=613487&vId=