Alarmed by research across the world that links the chemical PFAS to cancers, infertility, developmental delays in children and a suite of other health issues, community members, journalists and scientists are leading the charge to discover the extent of PFAS contamination in the Australian environment.
Last year in June it was discovered that PFAS chemicals had been detected in the Blue Mountains Water Supply, which services around 40,000 people across Katoomba and Blackheath. The contamination has been traced to the Medlow Dam which recorded contamination at levels 50 times the safe limit as set by the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines. That dam has now been taken out of the drinking water supply and a $3.5 million mobile PFAS treatment system has been installed at the Cascade Water Filtration Plant.
These revelations were published in the Sydney Morning Herald last year, and since then community researchers now believe they have been drinking water contaminated with PFAS for up to thirty years while authorities were blissfully unaware. These discoveries have led the NSW parliament to hold an Upper house inquiry to understand how this happened.
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