Fauna Impacts

2017 Lake Macquarie (NSW). Low levels of PFAS in seafood
31/8/23: Contaminated groundwater in South West Rocks, residents urged to limit crabbing
17 July 2023: Tiger Snakes impacted by PFAS
December 2016-June 2018: Lower Canning River (WA). PFAS chemicals
December 2016-June 2018: Canning River Estuary (WA) PFAS chemicals
December 2016-June 2018: Upper Swan Estuary. PFAS chemicals
December 2016-June 2018 Middle Swan Estuary. PFAS
December 2016-June 2018: Lower Swan Canning Estuary Surface Water. PFAS
Jan 1 2023: Chemical romance of toxic relationship: what you need to know about EDCs
2020: Devonport Airport. PFOS and PFHxS in Eels
10/11/22: Saltwater Creek/Saltwater Lagoon, South West Rocks (NSW). PFAS
August 28 2022: Defence says 30 kilograms of toxic PFAS is still flowing into creeks in Darwin each year
August 2022: PFAS in rain.
2022 June/July: Cossack NT – PFAS chemical contamination spreads
2021 September: Barilla Rivulet (Tasmania). PFAS
18/8/21: Cheetham Wetlands (Vic). PFAS contamination
18/8/21: Skeleton Creek (Vic) Fish and Eel Warning
2021 June: Kapooka Army Base (NSW) – Elevated risks to people and animals
2021 May: PFAS responsible for drop in Phillip Island seal numbers
May 2021: Toxic Chemicals found in at-risk sea lions
2021 March: $212m PFAS payout for property value loss and distress, but residents’ contamination fears linger
2018 October: Throsby Creek (NSW). Advice of Seafood
2018: Hunter River Estuary (NSW) Health Advice on Sea Food
2018: Dietary Advice Tilligerry Creek (NSW).
2015: Fullerton Cove (NSW) Polluted from Williamtown Base
2017/20: Ship Creek, Port Central (Gladstone). Fish warning
2019 February: Lakes in Idalia, Townsville (Queensland). Fish Warning
2020 August: West Lakes (South Australia). Fish and Mussel Samples. PFAS, PFHxS
2018: Newlands Lake (Victoria). Waterfowl PFOS + PFHxS
2018: Lake Bolac (Victoria). Waterfowl PFOS + PFHxS
2018: Lake Wat Wat (Victoria). Waterfowl PFOS + PFHxS
2018: Lake Curlip, (Victoria). Waterfowl PFOS + PFHxS
2018: Junction of Goulburn and Rubicon Rivers (Victoria). Waterfowl PFOS + PFHxS
2018: Lake Nagambie (Victoria). Waterfowl PFOS + PFHxS
2018: Aire River, Otway Ranges (Victoria). Waterfowl PFOS + PFHxS
2018: Jones Bay, Bairnsdale (Victoria). Waterfowl PFOS + PFHxS
2018: Loddon River, Jarklin (Victoria). Waterfowl PFOS + PFHxS
2018: Serpentine Creek – Boort Region (Victoria). Waterfowl PFOS + PFHxS
2008: Greens Lake – Corop (Vic). Water Fowl PFOS + PFHxS
2018: Reedy Lake (Victoria). Water Fowl, PFOS, PFHxS, PFAS
2018: Lake Cullen (Victoria). PFOS, PFHxS
2018: Lake Wellington (Victoria). PFAS chemicals
2018 May: Ross River (Queensland). PFAS in Fish
2018: Lavarack Barracks, Townsville, Queensland
2018/19: Joseph Brady Park (Queensland). PFOS + PFHxS
2018/19 – Bremer River at Cunningham Highway (Queensland). PFOS + PFHxS
2018/19: Bundamba Creek near Bremer River (Queensland). PFOS + PFHxS
2018/19: Bundamba Creek Racecourse (Queensland). PFOS + PFHxS
2018/19 – Swanbank Lake (Queensland). Fish Samples PFOS + PFHxS
2019 August: Gowrie Creek Toowoomba (Queensland) – PFAS Fish Warning
2019 June: North Esk River d/s Corra Linn Gorge (Tasmania) – PFAS
2019/2020 – Shell Grit Creek (Mackay Qld)- PFAS
2018/19: Rutherford Industrial Estate (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018: Lake Toolooma, Heathcote National Park (NSW) – PFAS
2017 – Penrhyn Estuary (NSW) – PFAS
2018 December: Georges River (NSW) – PFAS
2018 December: Botany Bay (NSW).
2019 July: Tuggerah Lakes Seafood (New South Wales) – PFAS
2019 June: North Esk River (Tasmania). PFAS
2018 June: Nowra Creek (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018 June: Shoalhaven River (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018 June: Currumbene Creek Polluted from Nowra Hill Naval Base (New South Wales) – PFAS
November 2018 – Bremer River/Warrill Creek Irrigation/Stock Watering (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 November – Warrill Creek Do Not Eat Fish (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 November – Bremer River Fish Exceed ANZECC Trigger Levels (Queesland) – PFAS
2018 November – Bremer River/Warrill Creek Amberley Airforce (Queensland) – PFAS
2019 March: Yarramundi Farm, near Richmond RAAF Base (NSW). PFAS in Cattle
2018 Hospital Swamp (Victoria) – Consumption Advice for Recreationally Harvested Waterfowl, sediment
2018/19 – Macleod Morass – Gippsland Lakes (Victoria) – Avoid or Limit Consumption of Water Fowl, water pollution
2018: Pitt Water (Tasmania) – PFOS, PFHxS, PFOA
2019/2022 – Murray Cod Fish Hatcheries Wagga Wagga (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018 December – Kernot Lake (Victoria) – PFAS
2018 December – Summercloud Creek Jervis Bay (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018 December – Captains Lagoon (Jervis Bay New South Wales) – PFAS
2018 December – Hyams Beach Jervis Bay (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018 December – Flat Rock Creek Jervis Bay (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018 December – Marys Creek (Jervis Bay NSW)
2018 November – Food Warning (East Richmond NSW) – PFAS
2018 September: Deep Creek (Melbourne Victoria) – PFAS
2018 September: Arundel Creek (Victoria) – PFAS
2018 September: Maribyrnong River u/s Calder Highway (Victoria) – PFAS
2017 December – Ludmilla Creek (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2017 – Peel River Catchment (New South Wales) – PFOS
2017 October – Rapid Creek (Northern Territory) – PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS
2018: Lake Bolac (Victoria) – PFAS
2018: Hirds Swamp (Victoria) – PFAS
2018 July – Cobaki Broadwater (New South Wales) – PFOS
2018 – Gippsland Lakes (Victoria) – PFAS
2018 – Hunter Wetlands (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018 March – Heart Morass and Dowd Morass Warnings (Victoria) – PFAS
2017/2023 – Richmond RAAF Base (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 April – Brisbane Seafood Alert (Queensland) – PFOA
2017 March – Hazelwood Pondage (Victoria) – PFAS
2017 October: Sale (Victoria) Heart Morass- PFAS Chemicals
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Australian PFAS Map

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pfas.australianmap.net is a detailed resource, providing information relating to PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl) substances. PFAS chemicals have been described as “the next asbestos” and have been used in a diverse range of products including: fire fighting foam, scotchguard, non-stick cookware etc. They are bio-accumulative and repel water. They are ubiquitous in the environment.

Australian PFAS Map

This map hopes to inform the general public about the location of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl) substances in the Australian environment.

PFAS chemicals are now ubiquitous in the environment being concentrated in waterways and sediment. The most controversy with their use has been in fire fighting foams used on military bases, airports and industrial areas.

PFAS chemicals have also been used in domestic houses, with common non-stick cookware and the stain repellent spray, Scotchguard being widely used by the public. Some of the highest PFAS levels have been detected in homes and where Scotchguard has been used – including vehicles.

PFAS chemicals have been linked to a number of diseases, yet the Australian Government stubbornly refuses to end the use of PFAS chemicals in Australia, even after they have been banned overseas.