More jobs cut on Melbourne tunnel project
Almost 100 extra workers on a $6.7 billion tunnel project have lost their jobs as the fight over who pays landfill fees continues to rage.…
Hope for unit owners after toxin delay
Owners locked out of an Erskineville development two years after it was completed would finally be allowed into their homes under an application before the…
No PFAS screening listed in Transurban tests on West Gate Tunnel soil
Soil samples commissioned by Transurban and presented to public environmental hearings on the $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel did not test for potentially carcinogenic chemicals…
‘Absolutely disgraceful’: Minister blasts West Gate Tunnel builders over job cuts
Transport Infrastructure Minister Jacinta Allan has hit out at Transurban and the builders of the $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel as more than 200 workers…
Legal threats over West Gate Tunnel soil dump
The $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel could face a wave of fresh legal battles over plans to dump soil contaminated with PFAS in landfill in…
West Gate Tunnel project a year off track, Transurban tells ASX
Road toll operator Transurban has told investors it expects the West Gate Tunnel project in Melbourne to be delayed by a year. Key points: The…
Incinerators may spread, not break down PFAS
Preliminary data show soil and water near New York facility are contaminated New data suggest that commercial incineration of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) doesn’t break down…
Coronavirus Slowing PFAS Testing, Cleanup Efforts Across U.S.
The onset of the coronavirus pandemic has stalled a range of efforts to address PFAS in drinking water, prompting concerns about what could happen if…
White House Moves to Weaken EPA Rule on Toxic Compounds
WASHINGTON – The Trump White House has intervened to weaken one of the few public health protections pursued by its own administration, a rule to…
More than 40,000 residents in class action against Defence over toxic chemical exposure
More than 40,000 people are expected to take part in a class action against the Department of Defence over the military’s use of PFAS. Australia’s…
Dark Waters’ pollution threat isn’t Hollywood hysteria – it could be a ticking timebomb worldwide
If you live in the US or Australia, you’re likely to know about PFAS (or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances). But in the UK, few people…
We should be cautious, but not concerned: there’s little evidence PFAS exposure harms our health
Per- and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent organic pollutants found most commonly in firefighting foam. Every now and again, concerns around the possible health…
Court asks unhappy PFAS class action members to have their say
The Federal Court has asked unhappy members of the Katherine PFAS class action to have their say on the settlement. Katherine residents are set to…
PFAS class action settled over toxic firefighting foam at three Australian defence bases
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich welcomes settlement, saying it allows affected communities to move forward The environmental activist Erin Brockovich has welcomed a class action settlement…
PFAS soil stockpiles sitting in Melbourne’s inner-west
Thousands of tonnes of PFAS-contaminated soil are being stored outdoors under plastic sheets in Melbourne’s inner west, as the toxic soil crisis continues to loom…
Residents fight proposal to store contaminated West Gate Tunnel soil near Bacchus Marsh school
More than a thousand people from a community west of Melbourne have turned out to protest a proposal for contaminated soil from the West Gate…
Contaminated soil delays tunnelling on West Gate Tunnel
Tunnelling on the $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel has been delayed due to the discovery of soil contaminated with a chemical that shut down the…
Denmark just became the first country to ban PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ from food packaging
(CNN)Denmark will be the first country to ban PFAS chemicals, which have been linked to cancer, elevated cholesterol and decreased fertility, from food packaging, starting next year.…