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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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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.
- by Carrie Fellner
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Does your bottled water contain cancer-causing forever chemicals?
The industry is moving to reassure Australian consumers, who are among the most enthusiastic drinkers of bottled water in the world.
- by Carrie Fellner
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The best water filters to protect your home from PFAS forever chemicals
The chemicals, which the US has found are likely to cause cancer, have been found in the drinking water of up to 1.8 million Australians. So how do you strain them out?
- by Carrie Fellner
Only one Sydney site monitored for cancer-causing chemicals in drinking water
The premier, health minister and chief medico are all at pains to stress the safety of our water supply as authorities are monitoring just one site for carcinogenic contaminants.
- by Kate Aubusson and Carrie Fellner
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‘There’s no safe level’: Carcinogens found in tap water across Australia
The drinking water of up to 1.8 million Australians has been contaminated. Experts say further testing must be an urgent priority.
- by Carrie Fellner
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How To Poison a Planet
Our investigation into the unfolding story of contamination, cancer, cover-up and corporate malfeasance that features in a major Stan documentary.
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Wall Street
The disappearing words exposing 3M’s decades of deception over cancer link
The explosive document delivered a “holy shit” moment to lawyers fighting the Wall Street giant, showing the company had known for decades about the dangers of its forever chemicals.
- by Carrie Fellner
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New consumer laws needed to protect us from forever chemicals
The federal government must address the hole in the consumer law and make it illegal to sell unsafe products.
- by The Herald's View
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Jervis Bay
As kids they splashed in the bubbles. Then these sisters got the same one-in-a-million tumour
There are burning questions about the health effects of the “forever chemicals” that are in us all.
- by Carrie Fellner
‘None of us had a choice in this’: How these man-made chemicals will affect us for generations
A new Stan documentary explores the impact toxic man-made chemicals are having on all of us.
- by Michael Idato
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