Great Barrier Reef at risk of contamination by potentially toxic soil | ABC News

On the doorstep of Hinchinbrook Island, on the boundary of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, is a 53-hectare site used in the nineties and early 2000s to dump potentially toxic dredge spoil.
All that stands between it and two world heritage protected sites is a wall of dirt.
Environmentalists believe a hole in the wall, identified nearly two years ago, has allowed potentially toxic material to seep through.
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