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    • Report cover of 'Knowing what’s out there'
    Rights: Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Published 22 November 2022 Size: 3.5 MB Referencing Hub media

    Details from the cover of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment report Knowing what’s out there: Regulating the environmental fate of chemicals.

    A PDF of the report can be downloaded here.

    Photos on cover: Autosampler vials, Matthew Bates, Flickr; culvert drain, Megan Martin; maize field, pxhere.com.

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