Yes Dex,Mr Bradley appears to be playing a straight bat as far...

Yes Dex,

Mr Bradley appears to be playing a straight bat as far as the sampling and samples are concerned:

Mr Bradley said the latest samples were also tested for metals such as arsenic, lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium and nickel, which occur naturally in groundwaters.

"The concentrations from bores on private properties are consistent with background results measured against samples analysed prior to the pilot trial burn of Cougar Energy in March 2010," he said.

So, its good that they have sampled and analyzed prior to the pilot burn in March, so there can be no valid argument that Cougar has fiddled with the data at a later time.
That's one run to Cougar.

Secondly, Mr Bradley appears to be saying that all those heavy metals are natural in the groundwater.
Or is it the case that the heavy metals in the groundwater are a result of farming practices and activities of landowners in the area. How can this be determined?
Surely this is Derm's problem to sort out with the landowners since the data precedes the start of the burn in March. Certainly seems to be no increase in Cougar's bores
because he hasn't mentioned it. Another run to Cougar.

Maybe Mr Bradley could up the ante by asking the landowners to supply an inventory of the chemicals they use on their properties or have stored there, with a view to determining whether heavy metals have leached into the groundwater by long term farm practices.

That would give the landowners and the greens something else to do, and let Cougar get on with its business.