‘It’s everywhere’:The ‘disturbing’ rise of the world’s most-rampant forever chemical
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Investigation

‘It’s everywhere’:The ‘disturbing’ rise of the world’s most-rampant forever chemical

A chemical that’s in everything from fridges to air-conditioning and is linked to birth defects is accumulating in our blood and drinking water.

  • byCarrie Fellner

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In the shadow of a mining giant,children crawl in poison

In the shadow of a mining giant,children crawl in poison

Blood lead levels in children under five are on the rise again despite decades of remediation efforts in a town built on one of Australia’s richest mines.

  • byAngus Thomson andRhett Wyman
Minns won’t ask for please explain from Sydney Water on ‘forever chemicals’
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Minns won’t ask for please explain from Sydney Water on ‘forever chemicals’

The NSW government wants federal authorities to expedite a review of PFAS levels in our water.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Government’s blind eye to forever chemicals in water

Government’s blind eye to forever chemicals in water

Authorities ignored the risk of forever chemicals in Sydney’s water supply. The closure of a feeder dam in the Blue Mountains has turned denial into fact

  • byThe Herald's View
Sydney Water threatened with lawsuit over cancer-linked chemicals in drinking water

Sydney Water threatened with lawsuit over cancer-linked chemicals in drinking water

Blue Mountains residents have expressed shock and outrage after the closure of a dam which feeds into the water supply of 50,000 people.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Blue Mountains dam shut after discovery of cancer-linked forever chemicals

Blue Mountains dam shut after discovery of cancer-linked forever chemicals

Forever chemicals had been found at high levels in the dam which feeds into the drinking water supply to around 41,000 residents. Now authorities have stepped in.

  • byCarrie Fellner
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‘Insidious pollutant’:The microplastic hotspots in Sydney Harbour revealed

‘Insidious pollutant’:The microplastic hotspots in Sydney Harbour revealed

Manly Cove is one of the worst hotspots in Australia,with every square metre of sand containing more than a thousand tiny particles of plastic.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Human brain tissue made up of 0.5 per cent microplastics,study reveals

Human brain tissue made up of 0.5 per cent microplastics,study reveals

The shocked scientist behind the finding said soaring rates of plastics in the body may be the “dark matter” force driving dementia rates and falling fertility.

  • byAngus Dalton
Parliamentary inquiry called into dangers of ‘forever chemicals’

Parliamentary inquiry called into dangers of ‘forever chemicals’

For years,cancer-linked substances have contaminated Australian homes,products and drinking water. Now a new inquiry is promising answers.

  • byCarrie Fellner
‘We don’t count’:Resident fury over toxic fires plaguing the west
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‘We don’t count’:Resident fury over toxic fires plaguing the west

Angry residents say EPA and the state government are ignoring the damage that frequent toxic blazes are causing.

  • byCara Waters
The common food packaging ingredient linked to autism

The common food packaging ingredient linked to autism

Prenatal exposure to BPA plastic chemicals has been linked with an increased likelihood of children developing autism.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons