PFOS: Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid

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 August – Davis Street West Beach (South Australia) – PFAS
2018 November – Mountbatten Grove West Beach (South Australia) – PFAS
2018 November – Ingerson Street West Beach (South Australia) – PFAS
2016 – Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy (QCESA) (Brisbane) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Kemp Place (New Farm, Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Ayr Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Coloundra Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Bundaberg Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Maryborough Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Noosa Heads Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Home Hill Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOS
2016 – Townsville Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOS
2016 – Airlie Beach Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOS
2016 – Rockhampton Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Arana Hills Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Southport Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Windsor Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Annerley Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Sarina Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOS
2016 – Dysart Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOS
2016 – Charleville Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Mt Isa Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOS
2016 – Cairns South Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Cairns Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Proserpine Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Enoggera Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016 – Mackay Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2016: Gladstone Fire Station (Queensland) – PFOA, PFOS
2018 April – Proserpine Drinking Water (Queensland) – PFOS
2018 Feb-Apr: Wivenhoe Dam @ Logans Inlet (Queensland) PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Cedar Grove Weir (Queensland) PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Downstream @ Fernvale STP @ Savages Creek (Queensland) PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Hinze Dam Lower (Queensland) PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Hinze Dam Upper (Queensland) PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Logan River @ Helen Street (Queensland) PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr 2018: Moogerah Dam (Queensland) – PFBA, PFOA, PFOS
2018 Feb-Apr: Reynolds Creek @ Boonah (Queensland) PFBA, PFOA, PFOS
2018 Feb-Apr: Wyaralong Dam (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Leslie Harris Dam (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: North Pine River @ Petrie Offtake (Queensland) PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Lake Kurwongbah (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: North Pine VPS (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: North Pine River @ Dayboro Well (Queensland) PFOA, PFHxS, PFOS
2018 Feb-Apr: Mid Brisbane River @ Mt Crosby by Westbank Offtake (Queensland) PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Lowood Water Treatment Plant (Queensland) – PFBA, PFPeA, PFOS
2018 Feb-Apr: Wivenhoe Dam Wall @ Profiler (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Wivenhoe Dam@Esk Profiler (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Somerset Dam Wall (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Kirkleagh (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Kilcoy Water Treatment Plant Offtake (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb – Apr: Ewen Maddock Intake (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb – Apr: Baroon Pocket Dam (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: South Maroochy (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Poona Dam (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Mary River at Kenilworth (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb – Apr: Borumba Dam (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Lake MacDonald Intake (Queensland) – PFAS
2018 Feb-Apr: Mary River (Queensland) PFAS
2019 January: Adelaide Airport Offsite (South Australia) – PFOS & PFHxS
2019 January: Baltic Avenue – Adelaide Airport (South Australia). PFOS & PFHxS
2019 January: Adelaide Airport near Tapleys Hill Road (South Australia) – PFOS & PFHxS
2019 January: Adelaide Airport Navaid Rd (South Australia) – PFOS & PFHxS
2018 November: Parafield Airport MacKay Crescent P37 (South Australia). PFOS & PFHxS
2018 November – Parafield O’Neill St P36 (South Australia). PFOS & PFHxS
2018 November: Parafield Airfield Bore P35 (South Australia). PFOS & PFHxS
2018 November: Parafield Airport Bore P34 (South Australia). PFOS & PFHxS
2018 November: Parafield Airport Bore P9 (South Australia) PFOS & PFHxS
2018 November: Parafield Bimini Cres (South Australia). PFOS & PFHxS
2018 November: Parafield Airport – Former Fire Training (South Australia) – PFOS & PFHxS
2019 March: Yarramundi Farm, near Richmond RAAF Base (NSW). PFAS in Cattle
2018 September: Brighton Breakwater (Victoria). PFOS, PFOA, Sum of PFHxS & PFOS
2018 September : Williamstown Athletics Club (Victoria). PFOS, PFHxS & PFOS
2018 August: Stony Creek Mouth/Yarra River (Victoria). PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS & PFOS
2018/19: Cruikshank Park Yarraville (Victoria). PFOS, PFOA, Sum of PFHxS & PFOS
2018/19: Hyde Street Yarraville. (Victoria). PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS & PFOS
2018 September: Cruickshank Park Yarraville (Victoria). PFOS, PFOA, Sum of PFHxS & PFOS
2018 August: Waratah Street West Footscray (Victoria). PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS & PFOS
2018/19: Quarry Road Braybrook (Victoria), PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS & PFOS
2018 – Matthews Hill Reserve (Victoria). PFOS, PFOA, Sum of PFHxS & PFOS
2018/19: Cala Street d/s West Footscray Industrial Fire. PFOS, PFOA, Sum of PFHxS & PFOS
2018 September: Tottenham Industrial Fire Site (Victoria) PFOS, PFOA, Sum of PFHxS & PFOS
2018 April: Traralgon Creek – Newman Park (Victoria). PFOS, PFHxS, PFOA
2018 April: Thomson River – Tinamba (Victoria) – PFOS, PFHxS
2010: Riddells Creek Drinking Water (Victoria). PFOS
2010: Marruben Drinking Water (Western Australia). PFHxA, PFHpA, PFOA, PFBS, PFHxS, PFOS
2010: Liverpool Drinking Water (New South Wales). PFPeA, PFHxS, PFOS
2010: Lithgow Drinking Water (NSW). PFOS
2010: Kingborough Drinking Water (Tasmania). PFOA, PFOS
2010: Glenunga Drinking Water (South Australia). PFHxS, PFOS
2010: Gladstone Drinking Water (Qld). PFOS
2010: Footscray Drinking Water (Vic). PFOA, PFOS
2010: Emu Plains Drinking Water (NSW)
2010: Canberra Drinking Water (ACT). PFOA, PFOS
2010: Cairns Drinking Water (Queensland).
2010: Bathurst Drinking Water (New South Wales). PFOA, PFHxS, PFOS
2018: Pitt Water (Tasmania) – PFOS, PFHxS, PFOA

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.