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Toxic firefighting chemicals

April 2020

  • Firefighters during Aviation Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) using foam containing PFAS chemicals at Tullamarine airport, Australia, in 1988.

    New class action launched over toxic firefighting chemicals used by defence

    Case to allege use of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (Pfas) has had ‘cataclysmic’ health consequences

February 2020

  • Firefighters during Aviation Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) using foam containing PFAS chemicals at Tullamarine airport, Australia, in 1988.

    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

March 2019

  • Firefighting foam contamination

    First firefighting foam compensation recipient 'gratefully relieved'

    Eric Donaldson reached settlement with government over toxic contamination on his Queensland property

January 2018

  • Brisbane International Airport terminal.

    Brisbane airport alleges air services agency failed to clean toxic firefighting foam

    Airservices Australia sued over use of foam that contained substances suspected of being linked to cancer

December 2017

  • Firefighters during Aviation Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) using foam containing PFAS chemicals at Tullamarine airport, Australia, in 1988.

    Darwin residents told to avoid two creeks polluted with toxic firefighting chemicals

    Defence department says significant levels of Pfas chemicals found in drains leading to Rapid Creek and Ludmilla Creek
  • Firefighters using foam containing Pfas chemicals in 1988

    Katherine fish ban after waterways contaminated with toxic firefighting foam

    Residents warned against drinking water from contaminated bores or Katherine river downstream of Stuart highway
  • firefighting foam

    Toxic chemicals: government backs down on blood tests for Katherine residents

    Federal government folds to pressure to pay for testing for people who may have been affected by firefighting chemicals used at Tindal RAAF base

November 2017

  • Pfas used in firefighting training

    Brisbane airport owner sues firefighting agency over toxic foam

    Airservices Australia is now the second federal entity to be sued over the firefighting foam contamination scandal

October 2017

  • Firefighters during Aviation Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) using foam containing PFAS chemicals at Tullamarine airport, Australia, in 1988.

    Katherine residents demand blood tests over firefighting foam scandal

  • Firefighters during a training exercise at Sydney airport

    Airport firefighters demand their blood be tested for toxic chemicals

  • Tullamarine

    Toxic firefighting chemicals 'the most seminal public health challenge'

  • Firefighters at HMAS Arunta training

    Foam contamination: firefighters must have blood tests, says commander

  • Australian defence force warned about toxic firefighting foam 30 years ago

  • Toxic firefighting chemicals may have been spread across Victorian waterways

August 2017

  • NT health minister Natasha Fyles

    Firefighting foam blood test should be given to Katherine residents, mayor says

  • bottle of clear fluid labelled toxic

    US warned Australia over toxic firefighting chemical 17 years ago

July 2017

  • The Oakey aviation base in Queensland

    Defence knew of firefighting foam dangers at Queensland base in 1991, class action alleges

  • Brisbane International Airport terminal

    Qantas to stop using toxic firefighting foam after Brisbane river spill

  • A firefighter sprays foam onto an area hit by bushfires at Ballarat in Victoria in 2000.

    Seafood in popular Darwin fishing spots contaminated by toxic foam

  • Residents from near Williamtown RAAF base have taken legal action, claiming their livelihoods have been severely affected since news broke that toxic chemicals used in firefighting leached into water.

    'Children are being poisoned': fury at scandal of toxic firefighting chemicals

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