PFAS Chemicals Found in Australian Drinking Water

Do you live in any of these Australian suburbs? Tap water in these locations has been found to contain PFAS chemicals, which can increase cancer risk among other health impacts. Here's what the science says about PFAS so far.

Go to these websites for online resources about PFAS:
- Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
- United States Environmental Protection Agency

Refs:
Fellner, 2024, ‘‘There’s no safe level’: Carcinogens found in tap water across Australia’

International Agency for Research on Cancer, 2023, ‘IARC Monographs evaluate the carcinogenicity of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)’

Thompson et al., 2011, ‘Concentrations of PFOS, PFOA and other perfluorinated alkyl acids in Australian drinking water’

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