[CPEO-MEF] PFCs, GLOBAL: "Queensland [Australia] town in Defence water contamination scare"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Queensland town in Defence water contamination scare

by Amy Remeikis 
Brisbane Times (Queensland, Australia)
September 30, 2015 


Residents of a Queensland town face living with potential health time bombs after ​chemicals used for decades at an army aviation base were found to have leached into the ground and contaminated part of the ground water supply.

​It has left some residents with chemical levels 44 times the national average in their blood.

And Oakey residents are not alone - the recent discovery of the same chemicals in some surface and groundwater of a New South Wales town around a Defence Force base and airport has raised concerns further contaminations could be found.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/queensland-town-in-defence-water-contamination-scare-20150930-gjyjht.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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