Only one Sydney site monitored for cancer-causing chemicals in drinking water

Only one Sydney site monitored for cancer-causing chemicals in drinking water

The premier,health minister and chief medico are all at pains to stress the safety of our water supply as authorities are monitoring just one site for carcinogenic contaminants.

  • byKate Aubusson andCarrie Fellner

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‘There’s no safe level’:Carcinogens found in tap water across Australia
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‘There’s no safe level’:Carcinogens found in tap water across Australia

The drinking water of up to 1.8 million Australians has been contaminated. Experts say further testing must be an urgent priority.

  • byCarrie Fellner
How To Poison a Planet
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How To Poison a Planet

Our investigation into the unfolding story of contamination,cancer,cover-up and corporate malfeasance that features in a major Stan documentary.

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The disappearing words exposing 3M’s decades of deception over cancer link
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The disappearing words exposing 3M’s decades of deception over cancer link

The explosive document delivered a “holy shit” moment to lawyers fighting the Wall Street giant,showing the company had known for decades about the dangers of its forever chemicals.

  • byCarrie Fellner
New consumer laws needed to protect us from forever chemicals

New consumer laws needed to protect us from forever chemicals

The federal government must address the hole in the consumer law and make it illegal to sell unsafe products.

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As kids they splashed in the bubbles. Then these sisters got the same one-in-a-million tumour
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As kids they splashed in the bubbles. Then these sisters got the same one-in-a-million tumour

There are burning questions about the health effects of the “forever chemicals” that are in us all.

  • byCarrie Fellner
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‘None of us had a choice in this’:How these man-made chemicals will affect us for generations

‘None of us had a choice in this’:How these man-made chemicals will affect us for generations

A new Stan documentary explores the impact toxic man-made chemicals are having on all of us.

  • byMichael Idato
Australian drinking water now allows a carcinogen at 140 times the US rate
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Australian drinking water now allows a carcinogen at 140 times the US rate

Twenty-year-old Amara Strande’s deathbed crusade pushed the US to slash the levels of cancer-linked forever chemicals considered safe in drinking water.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Why Carrie Fellner spent nearly a decade chasing the story of ‘forever chemicals’

Why Carrie Fellner spent nearly a decade chasing the story of ‘forever chemicals’

From Williamtown,to Minnesota in the US and Wreck Bay on the NSW South Coast,Fellner has tracked the toxic trail of destruction left by a corporate giant.

Mark Ruffalo on the ‘evil’ company that poisoned every person on the planet – then kept it secret

Mark Ruffalo on the ‘evil’ company that poisoned every person on the planet – then kept it secret

The Hollywood actor will feature in a new Stan documentary exposing how 3M’s “forever chemicals” have sparked a worldwide contamination catastrophe.

  • byMichael Idato
This factory contaminated the whole world. And you helped pay for it
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This factory contaminated the whole world. And you helped pay for it

Most Australians can expect to find forever chemicals – also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFAS) – in their blood.

  • byCarrie Fellner