- The NT government has secured $1.5 billion in federal funding for its proposed Middle Arm petrochemicals precinct
- A report has found the project has the potential to create 'cancer causing' emissions
- The NT and federal governments say the project can be realised in "an environmentally sustainable way"
"There are toxic air emissions that are potentially cancer causing; formaldehyde and acetaldehyde are among the larger emission sources,"Dr Petroni said.
"The health impacts of precincts such as this are really well known across the world, in fact similar precincts have come to be known as Cancer Alley,"she said.
"We do need to allow development so we have jobs."
"Environmental considerations are a priority in progressing development of the Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct,"a spokesperson for the minister said.
"That's not to say there isn't some creative process out there that a facility might be able to use, but it's unlikely that emissions will be completely negated at a manufacturing facility of this size,"he said.