How To Poison a Planet
Spin doctor feared on-air ‘ambush’ over cancer chemicals in drinking water
New emails reveal friction behind the scenes after the water minister and government agencies declined an interview about contaminated tap water supplies.
- Carrie Fellner
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- Sydney
Your home is full of these chemicals. Your tap water provider wants them banned
The nation’s drinking water providers have called on Australia to ban chemicals found in around 900 household products.
- Carrie Fellner
Cancer-causing chemicals a ‘dirty little secret’ in tourist hotspot
Authorities have been accused of encouraging visitors to a NSW tourist hotspot without doing enough to warn them about toxic contamination in the region.
- Carrie Fellner
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- State Parliament
Fresh tests ordered for cancer-causing chemicals at popular Sydney beach
The Botany Bay waters where young families swim and fishermen cast their lines have not been tested since 2018. That’s about to change.
- Alexandra Smith and Cindy Yin
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- Sydney Airport
This Sydney beach is closed over cancer-causing chemicals. Many people are missing the signs
Families with young children continue to splash in the water, despite fears for their health.
- Carrie Fellner
How did cancer-causing ‘forever chemicals’ contaminate Brisbane water?
Brisbane Times revealed last month known carcinogen PFOA had been identified in Brisbane water at among the highest levels in the country.
- William Davis
Fears for schools, daycares: The 500 sites yet to be tested for forever chemicals
It could take 50 years to investigate all the potentially contaminated sites across Sydney and the rest of NSW, an inquiry has heard.
- Carrie Fellner
‘This is a great win’: Forever chemicals to be filtered from tap water
A mobile filtration plant will clean up tap-water supplies tainted by a plume of cancer-linked “forever chemicals” in the Blue Mountains.
- Carrie Fellner
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Crisafulli vows to act if Brisbane put at risk by ‘forever chemicals’
“I just want to make sure that no Queenslanders have been put in harm’s way,” the premier said following revelations of unreleased test results.
- William Davis
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The test results Seqwater tried to keep secret, and how they came out
Brisbane residents were asking the government-owned water authority for information on “forever chemicals” in order to protect themselves. Seqwater kept quiet.
- William Davis
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