Blue Mountains
Dramatic turnaround as state backs widespread water testing for forever chemicals
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.
- by Ben Cubby and Carrie Fellner
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Dam faces long-term shutdown after ‘forever chemicals’ discovery
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.
- by Ben Cubby and Carrie Fellner
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‘White hot’: Cancer-linked chemicals flowing into dam at 50 times safe level
Independent tests near Medlow Dam in the Blue Mountains show contamination at far higher levels than the government has admitted.
- by Ben Cubby and Carrie Fellner
The perfect family portrait. Then the unspeakable horror
It was Christmas 2021, and Trish Smith hugged her boys tight as they were photographed on a beach. This week, she was accused of killing them.
- by Jordan Baker
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Police await doctors’ clearance to interview mother over death of her two sons
The woman who police believe stabbed her two young sons to death at their Blue Mountains home has written extensively about her own mental health.
- by Amber Schultz, Sally Rawsthorne and Riley Walter
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Heartbreaking images of family emerge after mother arrested over boys’ deaths
Photos showed an apparently happy, loving family before two boys were found dead in a Blue Mountains home and their mother arrested.
- by Amber Schultz, Riley Walter and Sally Rawsthorne
Blue Mountains City Council: What your candidates said
Blue Mountains City Council has four wards, with voters in each ward selecting three councillors.
Power outages as earthquake shakes the Hunter and Sydney
A 4.5-magnitude earthquake has rumbled across the NSW Hunter region at a depth of about 5km early on Saturday morning, with more than 800 people across Sydney and NSW reporting the quake to Geoscience Australia.
- by Nigel Gladstone
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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.
- by Carrie Fellner
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
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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.
- by Carrie Fellner
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