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28/9/21: PFAS detected in soil at Alice Springs Fire Station
2019 May: Mavie Street, Darwin (Northern Territory) – Contaminated Waste
2019 August – Yulara Airport (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2019 August – Inpex Darwin (Northern Territory) – PFAS Boiled Wastewater
2019 April: PFAS Limits Likely to Lower (Katherine South Northern Territory)
2014 – Wastewater Treatment Plant Darwin (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2018 October: PFAS Australian Wastewater Treatment Plants (National Report)
2016 March: Landfill Contamination (Australia)
2010: Nightcliff Drinking Water (Northern Territory). PFOA
2010: Lithgow Drinking Water (NSW). PFOS
2010: Larrakeyah Drinking Water (Northern Territory). PFOA
2018 August – Class Action (Katherine Northern Territory) – PFAS
2017 December – Ludmilla Creek (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2018 July: Darwin Airport (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2017 October – Rapid Creek (Northern Territory) – PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS
2018 June: Ongoing Health Concerns at Katherine (Northern Territory) – PFAS, PFHxS
2017 January – Berrimah Waste Water Treatment Plant
2017 January – Palmerstone Wastewater Treatment Plant (Northern Territory) – PFOS, PFHxS, PFOA
2017 January – Leanyer Sanderson Wastewater Treatment Plant (Northern Territory) – PFOS, PFHxS, PFOA
2017 January: Ludmilla Wastewater Treatment Plant
2017 January – Tennant Creek Water Treatment (Northern Territory) – PFOS, PFHxS, PFOA
2017 January – Katherine Water Treatment Plant (Northern Territory) – PFOS, PFHxS, PFOA
2017 January: Alice Springs Wastewater Facility (Northern Territory) – PFOS, PFHxS, PFOA
2016 October – Darwin River Dam (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2018 – Pine Creek (Northern Territory) – Tap Water PFHxS, PFOS, PFOA
2016 November – Batchelor (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2016 November – Adelaide River (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2017 – Alice Springs Airport (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2017 – RAAF Base Darwin (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2017/18 – RAAF Base Tindall & Clean Up (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2005/18 – Katherine (Northern Territory) – PFAS/PFOS/PFHxS
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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

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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