Soil Sediment

2019 October – Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, Tarro (NSW) – PFAS
2018: Lavarack Barracks, Townsville, Queensland
2018. Kooringal Water Treatment Plant, Wagga Wagga (NSW). PFAS
2018: Forest Hill Sewerage Treatment Plant, Wagga Wagga (NSW). PFAS
2019 September: Sunshine Coast Council to Pump PFAS into Ocean. (Queensland)
2018 April: Five Mile Beach (1km) Hobart Airport (Tasmania) – PFOS, PFHxS
2018 April: Five Mile Beach 500m Hobart Airport (Tasmania) – PFOS + PFHxS
2018 April – Five Mile Beach 250m – Hobart Airport (Tasmania) – PFOS + PFHxS
2018 April – Hobart Airport Sinclair Creek (Tasmania) – PFOS + PFHxS
2018 April – Hobart Airport Sinclair Creek (3) (Tasmania) – PFOS + PFHxS
2018 April – Hobart Airport Sinclair Creek (2) (Tasmania) – PFOS + PFHxS
2018 April: Hobart Airport Sinclair Creek (1) (Tasmania). PFOS + PFHxS
2018 April: Hobart Airport Upstream of Runway. PFOS + PFHxS
2019 August – Yulara Airport (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2018/19 – Barcoo Outlet (South Australia) – PFAS
2018/19 – Patawalong River King Street Bridge (South Australia) – PFAS
2018/19 Upper Patawalonga River (South Australia) – PFAS
2019 July – Mackay Airport (PFAS)
2019 July: Evanston Gardens (South Australia) – Contaminated Site
2018 June: Warrill Creek – PFAS dump (Queensland)
2018: Wellington Fire and Rescue (NSW) – PFAS
2018 – South Nowra Rural Fire Service
2018: Rutherford Industrial Estate (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018: Quirindi Airport (NSW) – PFAS
2018: Orange Airport (NSW) – PFAS
2018: Mulwala – Thales (NSW) – PFAS
2018: Lake Toolooma, Heathcote National Park (NSW) – PFAS
2016/18: Greenacre Fire and Rescue (NSW) – PFAS
2018: Fuchs – Wickham (NSW) – PFAS
2012-2017: Bioorganics Compost – 36 Abernethy Road Oakford (Western Australia). PFAS
2019 June: Beremboke Creek (Fiskville, Victoria) – PFAS
2019 June: Contaminated Soil/Compost (Darra, Queensland) – PFAS
2018 June: PFAS contaminated compost. (Kogan, Queensland). PFAS
2018 July: Brisbane City Parks Exposed (Queensland) – PFAS
2019 February: Caloundra Road to Sunshine Motorway (Queensland). PFAS composting spray
2018 June: Government Investigates Toxic Firefighting Foam Used to Feed Compost (Swanbank, Queensland)
2019 April: PFAS Limits Likely to Lower (Katherine South Northern Territory)
2018 June: Shoalhaven Rural Fire Service Nowra (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018 November – Amberley Air Force Base (2) – Warrill Creek (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 November – Amberley Air Force Base (2) (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 November – Amberley Airforce Base 2 (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 November – Bremer River/Warrill Creek Amberley Airforce (Queensland) – PFAS
2019 May: Footscray Road (Victoria) – PFAS and Asbestos Contaminated Soil
2018 October: Moorabbin Airport (Victoria). PFAS Chemicals
2017 March: Essendon Airport (Victoria) – PFAS
March 7 2019: Georgetown (NSW) PFAS contamination has entered the groundwater from a former electro-plating facility
2019 January – Belford Street Newcastle (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018 June: Dutson Downs Recycling Plant (Victoria) – PFAS
2017 – 2018: East Bandiana (Victoria) – PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS
2017-2018: North Bandiana (Victoria) – PFOS, PFHxS
2017-2018: South Bandiana (Victoria) – PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS
2018 December – Sydney Airport (NSW) – PFAS
2018 December: Centenial Park – Sydney Airport (New South Wales.
2018 – Lord Howe Island (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018 August – Bundaberg Regional Airport (Queensland) – PFAS
2017 December – Ludmilla Creek (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2017 October – Rapid Creek (Northern Territory) – PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS
2011: Homebush Bay (New South Wales) – PFOS, PFOA
2016 December – Qenos Chemical Plant (Altona Victoria) – PFAS
2017 – 777 Abernethy Road, Forrestfield (Western Australia) – PFOS
2017 – Perry Lakes (Western Australia) – PFOS, PFHxS
2017 – Williamtown RAAF Base (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Westleigh NSW Rural Fire Service (New South Wales) – PFAS
2016/18 – Wagga Wagga RAAF Base and offsite bores (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Tamworth Regional Airport (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – St. Columbia’s Catholic College Springwood (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Mines Rescue Service, Singleton Heights (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Richmond RAAF Base (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Munmorah and Conongra Power Stations (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Londonderry TestSafe and Fire and Rescue (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Caltex, Kurnell (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Kemps Creek Rural Fire Service, Kemps Creek (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Bankstown Airport (New South Wales) – PFAS
2016/18 – Deniliquin Fire and Rescue, Deniliquin (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Botany Industrial Park (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017/18 – Bathurst Airport (New South Wales) – PFAS
2016/18 – Armidale Fire and Rescue, Armidale (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017/18 – RAAF Base Tindall & Clean Up (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2017/18 – Townsville RAAF Base (Queensland) – PFAS
2017 – Fiskville Country Fire Authority (Victoria) – PFAS
2017 – Bulbey Street, Bellevue (Western Australia) – PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS
2017 – 200 Barrington Street, Bibra Lake (Western Australia) – PFOS, PFHxS
2017 – Karratha Airport, Gap Ridge (Western Australia) – PFOS
2017 – Port Beach Road, North Fremantle (Western Australia) – PFOA, PFHxS
2017 – Farrington Road, North Lake (Western Australia) – PFOS, PFHxS
2017 – Hay Street, Perth (Western Australia) – PFOS, PFHxS
2017 – Abernethy Road, Forrestfield (Western Australia) – PFHxS, PFOS
2017 December – Bullsbrook (Western Australia) – PFAS
2018 June: Perth Airport Groundwater (Western Australia). PFAS, PFOS
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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.

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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.