PFAS (unspecific)

2018 Hospital Swamp (Victoria) – Consumption Advice for Recreationally Harvested Waterfowl
2019 March – Macleod Morass – Gippsland Lakes (Victoria) – Avoid or Limit Consumption of Water Fowl
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
2019 January – Murray Cod Fish Hatcheries Wagga Wagga (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018 December – Stony Creek (NSW) – PFAS
2018 August – Class Action (Katherine Northern Territory) – PFAS
2018 July – PFAS Levels 20 Times Higher in Aviation Firefighters (Australia) – PFAS, PFOS, PFHxS, PFOA
2018 December – Kernot Lake (Victoria) – PFAS
December 2018 – Belconnen Fire Tower (ACT) – PFAS
2018 December – Salisbury Council/Kaurna Park Wetlands (South Australia) – PFAS
2018 – Lord Howe Island (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018 December – Largs North Fire Station (South Australia) – PFAS in Firefighters
2018 December – Lake Windemere Jervis Bay (New South Wales) – 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 June – 10 square km PFAS plume (Rickabys Creek NSW) – PFAS
2018 November – Bakers Lagoon (New South Wales) – PFAS
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
2018 August – Bundaberg Regional Airport (Queensland) – PFAS
1998 – Linton Fire? (Victoria)
2018 July – Lucinda (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 – Macknade (Queensland) – PFAS
2017 December – Ludmilla Creek (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2018 July: Darwin Airport (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2018: Lake Bolac (Victoria) – PFAS
2018: Hirds Swamp (Victoria) – PFAS
2018 – Gippsland Lakes (Victoria) – PFAS
2018 – Hunter Wetlands (New South Wales) – PFAS
2018 March – Heart Morass and Dowd Morass Warnings (Victoria) – PFAS
2018 June: Ongoing Health Concerns at Katherine (Northern Territory) – PFAS, PFHxS
2016 December – Qenos Chemical Plant (Altona Victoria) – PFAS
2016 October – Darwin River Dam (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2016 November – Batchelor (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2016 November – Adelaide River (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2017 – Williamtown RAAF Base (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Westleigh NSW Rural Fire Service (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Wagga Wagga RAAF Base (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Camden Airport (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Tamworth Regional Airport (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – St. Columbia’s Catholic College Springwood (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Singleton Army Barracks (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 – Mines Rescue, Lithgow (New South Wales)
2017 – Caltex, Kurnell (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Kemps Creek Rural Fire Service, Kemps Creek (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Jervis Bay Range Facility/HMAS Creswell (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Bankstown Airport (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Holsworthy Barracks, Holsworthy (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – South Nowra NSW Rural Fire Service (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – HMAS Albatross Nowra Hill (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Total Fire Solutions – Heatherbrae (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Deniliquin Fire and Rescue, Deniliquin (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Sydney Airport (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Botany Industrial Park (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Bathurst Airport (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Armidale Fire and Rescue, Armidale (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Albion Park Fire and Rescue (New South Wales) – PFAS
2017 – Alice Springs Airport (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2017 – RAAF Base Darwin (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2017 – RAAF Base Tindall (Northern Territory) – PFAS
2018 – Ayr Bore Water (Queensland) – PFAS
2017 – Townsville RAAF Base (Queensland) – PFAS
2017 – RAAF Base Amberley Ipswich (Queensland) –
2017 – Sunshine Airport (Queensland) – PFAS
2017 – Rockhampton Airport (Queensland) – PFAS
2017 – Port of Bundaberg (Queensland) – PFAS
2017 – Mackay Airport (Queensland) – PFAS
2017 – Hamilton Island Airport (Queensland) – PFAS
2017 – Gladstone Port (Queensland) – PFAS
2017 – Coolangatta Airport (Queensland) – PFAS
2017 – Cairns Airport (Queensland) – PFAS
2017 – Lagoon Creek Narangba (Queensland) – PFAS
2017 – Army Aviation Centre Oakey (Queensland) – PFAS
2017 – Former Greenway Fire Station (A.C.T.) – PFAS
2017 – Former Charnwood Fire Station (A.C.T.) – PFAS
2017 – Kambah Fire Station (A.C.T.) – PFAS
2017 – Phillip Fire Station (A.C.T.) – PFAS
2017 – Ainslie Fire Station (A.C.T.) – PFAS
2017 – Chisholm Fire Station (A.C.T.) – PFAS
2017 – Gunghalin Fire Station (A.C.T.) – PFAS
2017 – Fyshwick Fire Station (A.C.T.) – PFAS
2017 – Belconnen Fire Station and Training Centre (A.C.T.) – PFAS
2017 – Canberra Airport (A.C.T.) – PFAS
2017 – Fire Service Training Cambridge (Tasmania) – PFAS
2017 – Hobart Airport (Tasmania) – PFAS
2017 – Launceston Airport (Tasmania) – PFAS
2017 – Avalon Airport (Victoria) – PFAS
2017 – Longerenong Country Fire Authority (Victoria) – PFAS
2017 – Fulham (West Sale) Country Fire Authority (Victoria) – PFAS
2017 – Huntly Country Fire Authority (Victoria) – 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.

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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.