PFAS (unspecific)

March 2 2023: Samson Brook Dam (WA) PFAS Risk from Pipeline
8/2/23: Extension of northern Adelaide groundwater prohibition
2023 February. Alcoa Orion Mine (Western Australia) PFAS
2023 February: Alcoa Willowdale Mine Site
2023 February: Alcoa McCoy Mine Site
2023 February: Alcoa Myara Mine Site
2023 February: Alcoa Kwinana Refinery. PFAS
Feb 2023: Alcoa Wagerup Refinery. PFAS
2017: Australia-wide assessment of perfluroalkyl substances (PFASs) in landfill leachates
18 Jan 2023: Launceston Council suspends collection of compostable packaging
Jan 1 2023: Chemical romance of toxic relationship: what you need to know about EDCs
December 2022: Plenty Victoria. CFA shed with PFAS chemicals
Nov 30 2022: Study Finds Evidence of Chemicals in Australian’s Dating Back to 1975
22/11/2022: Groundwater Prohibition Area for Beverley and Surrounding Suburbs
23/11/2022: Clements Place, Jandakot, Western Australia
10/11/22: Saltwater Creek/Saltwater Lagoon, South West Rocks (NSW). PFAS
October 2 2022: Australia’s next step on forever chemicals
26/9/22: Mick Tisbury’s 12 year fight to protect firefighters from PFAS toxic foam contamination
26/9/22: PFAS in Groundwater, South Fremantle Power Station, Western Australia
August 28 2022: Defence says 30 kilograms of toxic PFAS is still flowing into creeks in Darwin each year
2018/21: Altona Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFAS pollution
2016-2021: Boneo Waste Water Treatment Plant. Multiple PFAS detections
2019/21: Hughes Street/Port Road, Woodville South – Groundwater Pollution PFAS
March 31 2022: Damascus Barracks, Pinkenba (Qld). Likely PFAS
Nov 15 2021: Northern Beaches Link, soil shipped to Newcastle?
2021 September: Barilla Rivulet (Tasmania). PFAS
1/10/21: Leschenault (Western Australia). PFAS Landfill Groundwater
28/9/21: PFAS detected in soil at Alice Springs Fire Station
Albury City Council – Splitters Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant. Suspected PFAS Contamination Site
Albury City Council – Kremer Street Waste Water Treatment Plant. Suspected PFAS Contamination Site
2021 March: Byron Bay, Butler Street Reserve (NSW) – Former Landfill Site
2017-20: Port Stanvac Refinery (closed 2003). PFAS Contaminated Site
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia) GW (OS)
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia) MW 37
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia) MW 39
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 36
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia) MW 35
4/5/21: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 04
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 34
2021 April: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 06
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia) MW 33
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia) MW 1
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 31 PFAS
2021 April: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 08 PFAS
2021 April: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 07
2021 April: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 05
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 02 PFAS
2020/21: West Lakes (South Australia). MW 03: PFAS
2016/2022: Jandakot Airport (Western Australia). PFAS
18/8/21: Cheetham Wetlands (Vic). PFAS contamination
18/8/21: Skeleton Creek (Vic) Fish and Eel Warning
2021 August: Swanbank A coal fired power station. PFAS
2021 June: Kapooka Army Base (NSW) – Elevated risks to people and animals
2018-21: Bendigo Water Reclamation Plant (Victoria). PFAS
16/9/20: Birregurra Basin #1 (Victoria). PFAS
15/1/18: Teesdale Catchment Water. PFAS
2018: Lorne (Victoria). PFAS in Water Supply
2018: Gellibrand Catchment Water. PFAS
2019?: Metung Primary Lagoon. PFAS
2018?: Dinner Plain Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFAS
15/1/18: Dinner Plain Raw Water Storage. PFAS
15/1/18: Omeo Raw Water Storage. PFAS
11/4/19: Farm site near Lake Victoria Road. PFAS
2017: Lindenow Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFAS
2019? Paynesville Waste Water Treatment Plant + Bark Hill Road Farm. PFAS
2019: Lakes Entrance Sludge Lagoon. PFAS
2019?: Bairnsdale Constructed Wetland & Treelot. PFAS
2018: Baranduda Waste Water Treatment Plant. PFAS/Biosolids
2021 May: PFAS responsible for drop in Phillip Island seal numbers
2020: 7 Mile Rail Facility, Gap Ridge, Karratha. PFAS in groundwater
2020 August: Allambie Crescent, Wodonga. Cancer cluster?
May 2021: Toxic Chemicals found in at-risk sea lions
2021 April: New Chum Landfill pollution (Ipswich, Qld)
2019 October: Caltex Fuel Depot Kingaroy (Queensland)
2021 February: Wagga Wagga Airport
2021 February: PFAS contaminated soil removed from Wagga Wagga Airport
2018 December: PFAS found at former BHP steelworks (Mayfield) NSW
2021 April: Toxic Chemical Found in Groundwater at BHP’s Newman Iron Ore Hub in Pilbara
23 March 2021: Tonsley (South Australia). Groundwater Prohibition Area announced.
2021 March: Moorebank Logistics Park/Georges River (New South Wales). Sediment
2019/20: Bell Bay AMC Search Firefighter Training Centre.
2021 March: $212m PFAS payout for property value loss and distress, but residents’ contamination fears linger
2017: Allyn River (NSW) PFAS pollution
2018 October: Throsby Creek (NSW). Advice of Seafood
2018: Hunter River Estuary (NSW) Health Advice on Sea Food
2018: Dietary Advice Tilligerry Creek (NSW).
2019: Salt Ash (New South Wales) PFAS pollution from Williamtown Air Base
2010’s: Moorebank Intermodal Terminal Site (Sydney NSW)
2020 December: Bayside Council seeks assurances on Botany Bay toxins
2017/20: Ship Creek, Port Central (Gladstone). Fish warning
2020: Port of Townsville (Queensland)
2020: Port of Rockhampton (Queensland).
2020: Port of Bundaberg (Queensland).
2019 February: Lakes in Idalia, Townsville (Queensland). Fish Warning
2020: Canberra Airport Fire Station (A.C.T.)
2021 January: Ginninderra Christian Church. PFAS in Soil
2021 Feb: St Thomas Aquinas Primary School (Charnwood, ACT). Contaminated Soil
2021 Feb: Contamination Fears due to Tunnelling under Middle Harbour (Sydney, NSW)
2020: 214 Shenton Street, West End (Western Australia). PFAS
2020: 123 Beverley Terrace + 64 Great Eastern Highway, South Guildford (Western Australia). 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.