2016 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 08:17:00 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFCs, GLOBAL: Australian Defence Department investigates 18 communities near military airfields
 
Toxic Defence nightmare fells treechangers

by CHRIS RAY
THE AUSTRALIAN
JUNE 9, 2016

Thousands of people in 18 communities near military airfields across Australia are discovering that toxic firefighting chemicals have poisoned their land and water — and that these chemicals appear more dangerous than authorities have conceded.

Tests to detect perfluoro­octane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), which have been linked with ­cancer, are under way or about to start on properties surrounding the airfields in all mainland states and territories.

The Department of Defence is holding public meetings, letterboxing homes and placing advertisements to advise residents of programs to test for the potential carcinogens.

They are slow to break down, can travel long distances in water and air, and biomagnify up through the food chain.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/toxic-defence-nightmare-fells-treechangers/news-story/a722411e6eb5e8b853af855f02f9c145

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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