PFAS (unspecific)

2020 November: Port Pirie Smelter (South Australia). PFAS detected in groundwater
2/6/20: Boags Rock Outfall (Melbourne Water)
6/5/20: Lake Borrie (Victoria)
21/4/20: Murtcaim Main Drain – Melbourne Water – Point Wilson
2017 – 2020: EPA Licensed Point. Western Treatment Plant Outlet (Melbourne Water). Cocoroc (Victoria). 145 West Main Drain
2017-2020: EPA Licence Point Western Treatment Plant (Melbourne Water) Cocoroc (Victoria) – PFAS
2020 October: Ravenhall Landfill – West Gate Tunnel soil
2019/20: Dubbo Groundwater (NSW) – PFAS
2018/20: Hoxton Park Rural Fire Service (NSW) – Sediment
2018: Lavington (Rural Fire Service) (NSW) – Sediment
2020: Dawesley Creek (South Australia). Water and sediment
2020 September: Dog’s Victoria, Skye. Contaminated Soil
2020: CFS Brukunga (South Australia) – PFAS
2020 September: Wreck Bay (NSW). Fears regarding PFAS contamination of drinking water. Loss of cultural practices
2018: Reedy Lake (Victoria). Water Fowl, PFOS, PFHxS, PFAS
2020 September – Traces of PFAS found at Gold Coast Sewage Treatment Plant
2020 September: Oakey Beef Exports files Legal Action in Supreme Court against Federal Government
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 July: Chelsea (Victoria). Contaminated Groundwater
2020 July: Bonbeach (Victoria). Contaminated Ground Water
July 2020: Edithvale (Victoria) – Contaminated Bore Water
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 March: Gippsland Farmer PFAS Exposure
2020 March: Werribee (Victoria) Protest Against Soil Dumping Plan
2019: Petrie Paper Mill (Queensland) – PFAS
2016 Nov: HMAS Cerberus (Victoria) – PFAS
2019 May: Mavie Street, Darwin (Northern Territory) – Contaminated Waste
2020 January: West Gate Tunnel Boring Machines Idle (Victoria) – PFAS contaminated soil
2019: 42 Quill Way, Henderson (Western Australia) – PFAS
2019: 230 Gull Road, Nambeelup (Western Australia) – PFAS
2019: 1094 Toodyay Road, Red Hill (Western Australia) – PFAS
2019 – Perth Stadium Site (Western Australia) – PFAS
2019 – Rendezvous Road – Vasse (Western Australia) – PFAS
2019 – Old Cadjebut Mine (Western Australia) – PFAS
2019 – 1 Murray Street, Perth (Western Australia) – PFAS
2017: Oakey Creek Site SW56 (Queensland) – PFAS
2017: Oakey Creek Site SW14 (Queensland) – PFAS
2017: Oakey Creek Site SW88 (Queensland) – PFAS
2017: Oakey Creek Site SW13 (Queensland) – PFAS
2017: Oakey Creek Site SW18 (Queensland) – PFAS
2017: Oakey Creek Sites SW84 & SW16 (Queensland) – PFAS
2017: Oakey Creek Site SW69 (Queensland) – PFAS
2017: Oakey Creek Site SW12 (Queensland) – PFAS
2017: Oakey Creek Site SW11 (Queensland) – PFAS
2017: Oakey Creek Site SW70 (Queensland) – PFAS
2017: Oakey Creek (site SW10) Queensland – PFAS
2017 – Westbrook Creek, Oakey (site SW 87) Queensland – PFAS
2017: Oakey Creek (site SW59) Queensland – PFAS
2017: Oakey Creek (Site SW 58) Queensland – PFAS
2017 – Oakey Creek (Site SW60) Queensland – PFAS
2017: Oakey Creek (Site SW62) Queensland – PFAS
2017: Oakey Creek (Site SWO4) Queensland – PFAS
2017: Oakey Creek (Site SWO5) Queensland
2019 November: Westfalen Community Garden (Collingwood Park, Queensland) – PFAS
2019 November – Cleanaway Landfill (Ipswich, Queensland) – PFAS
2019 October: Call for Blood Tests for nearby Residents (Ipswich, Queensland) – PFAS
2019: Camp Kerr, Wallu (Queensland) . PFAS Bore Water
2017/18 – Rio Tinto Australia Weipa (Queensland) – PFAS
2019 October – Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, Tarro (NSW) – PFAS
2019 August – Rickabys Creek, Londonderry (NSW) – PFAS
2018 May: Ross River (Queensland). PFAS in Fish
2018: Lavarack Barracks, Townsville, Queensland
2019 September: Sikorsky Aircraft fined over Shoalhaven River PFAS pollution. (New South Wales). PFAS
2019 September: Sunshine Coast Council to Pump PFAS into Ocean. (Queensland)
2019 August – Fullerton Cove (NSW) – PFAS Mental Health
2018 December – Toowoomba/Oakey (Queensland) – PFAS
2019 August – Inpex Darwin (Northern Territory) – PFAS Boiled Wastewater
2012 August: Point Cook RAAF Base Williams (Victoria) – RAAF Firefighters Exposed to Toxic Chemicals
2017/19 – Glenelg North Waste Water Treatment Plant (South Australia) – PFAS, PFOS
2019 April – University Playing Fields West Beach (South Australia) – Contaminated Recycled Water
2019 June: North Esk River d/s Corra Linn Gorge (Tasmania) – PFAS
2019/2020 – Shell Grit Creek (Mackay Qld)- 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
2017 – Penrhyn Estuary (NSW) – PFAS
2018 December: Georges River (NSW) – PFAS
2018 December: Botany Bay (NSW).
2018: Argenton Mines Rescue Service (NSW) – PFAS
2018: Alexandria Fire and Rescue (NSW) – PFAS
2012-2017: Bioorganics Compost – 36 Abernethy Road Oakford (Western Australia). PFAS
2018 August: Herschel Lake (Western Australia) – PFAS
2019 July: West Bullsbrook – PFAS impacting on 26 homes (Western Australia)
2019 June: Beremboke Creek (Fiskville, Victoria) – PFAS
2019 June: North Esk River (Tasmania). PFAS
2018 June: PFAS contaminated compost. (Kogan, Queensland). PFAS

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.