According to Australian findings, in a long investigation it was finally proved that drinking water supplies near and from the George River on Tasmania's east coast was getting contaminated because of tree-plantation in that area. Tasmania's public health authorities have decided to further investigate the research. The Director of Public Health, Dr. Roscoe Taylor stated that a formal investigation was required after the concerns highlighted in the program.

The toxicity issues were aired on ABC TV's Australian Story last night by local Doctor Alison Bleaney who conducted the test with marine ecologist Marcus Scammell and found that water in the river had toxic foam from the eucalyptus leaves, after independent testing of water samples in laboratories.

Telling that the investigations conducted by the Tasmanian Government were also on the same lines, Dr Scammell said, "They've concluded that it's naturally occurring and therefore not an issue -- we haven't accepted that".

Warning about the contaminated water which was found to be definitely harmful to human skin, liver and lung cells, University environmental toxicologist Christian Khalil said, "It is toxic, but I don't know the extent of the impact on the whole body. We're doing experiments using single cells, which is different from an organism where you have multiple cells interacting with each other and where cells can repair themselves in the human body".