A report revealing no-one should regularly eat mud crabs from Lake Macquarie demands a comprehensive response, says influential MP

By Joanne McCarthy
March 13 2019 - 8:00am
Concerns: Jamie Miller has been regularly catching mud crabs at Lake Macquarie for more than 20 years. He feels betrayed after the state's environmental watchdog did not report a study finding mud crabs should not be eaten weekly. Picture: Simone De Peak.
Concerns: Jamie Miller has been regularly catching mud crabs at Lake Macquarie for more than 20 years. He feels betrayed after the state's environmental watchdog did not report a study finding mud crabs should not be eaten weekly. Picture: Simone De Peak.

LAKE Macquarie MP Greg Piper has backed calls for an independent peer review of a damning report into heavy metals entering the Lake Macquarie system from two ageing coal-fired power stations.

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