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2021 April: New Chum Landfill pollution (Ipswich, Qld)
2021 February: PFAS contaminated soil removed from Wagga Wagga Airport
2021 Feb: Contamination Fears due to Tunnelling under Middle Harbour (Sydney, NSW)
Feb 25 2021: EPA says PFAS-contaminated material not permitted at McLaren Vale landfill
2020 October: Ravenhall Landfill – West Gate Tunnel soil
2020 September: Dog’s Victoria, Skye. Contaminated Soil
2020 September – Maddingley Brown Coal, Bacchus Marsh. PFAS soil dump
2020 September: Sunbury Road, Bulla (PFAS contaminated soil dumped)
2020 August: West Lake Residents Warned PFAS Sewerage Sludge (South Australia)
2020 March: Protest Against PFAS Laden Soil – Bacchus Marsh (Victoria)
2020 March: PFAS Stockpiles Melbourne’s Inner-West
2020 February: Hobbs Road Wyndham Vale – Toxic Soil Dump Plan
2020 March: Worst of PFAS contamination revealed on West Gate Tunnel
2020 January: West Gate Tunnel Builders Seek to Terminate Contract (Victoria)
2020 January: West Gate Tunnel Boring Machines Idle (Victoria) – PFAS contaminated soil
2019: 1094 Toodyay Road, Red Hill (Western Australia) – PFAS
2019 November – Cleanaway Landfill (Ipswich, Queensland) – PFAS
2018: Forest Hill Sewerage Treatment Plant, Wagga Wagga (NSW). PFAS
2019 September: Sunshine Coast Council to Pump PFAS into Ocean. (Queensland)
2019 May: Dardanup Landfill (Western Australia) – PFAS
2016 March: Landfill Contamination (Australia)

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

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.

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