The new thresholds are likely to force the clean-up of tap water supplied to hundreds of thousands of people across the country.
The environmental lawyer reluctantly agreed to help Hollywood for one reason only.
Grimy balls of oil and debris have been found on 11 eastern suburbs beaches,and authorities are still investigating whether the source is a ship or from the land.
Preliminary testing by Randwick City Council has identified the black balls that have washed up on Coogee,Maroubra and Gordons Bay beaches as “tar balls”,made from oil and debris.
The dark spheres ranging in size from golf to tennis balls could be “tar balls”,a mixture of oil and debris.
Halfway around the world,California is suing ExxonMobil,claiming the oil giant deliberately misled the public for decades about the limitations of plastic recycling.
Cruise ships berthing in Sydney’s inner west will soon be required to hook up to onshore electricity while in port,following years of community complaints about pollution.
The upper house inquiry will examine the presence of cancer-linked chemicals in drinking water following the closure of dams where PFAS were found.
Hours after the Herald published revelations of high levels of “forever chemicals” at a dam this week,NSW Health moved to get all water utilities to screen for PFAS.
Medlow Dam in the Blue Mountains may be shut for a long period and water pumped in from Oberon after high levels of cancer-linked chemicals were found in the water.
Independent tests near Medlow Dam in the Blue Mountains show contamination at far higher levels than the government has admitted.