'We've had no warnings. Do I need to get my kids tested?'
Mr Aylward is critical of ASA's approach to what he said was widely acknowledged as one of the largest environmental problems in Australia's history."While they do these reports and investigations, there [are] people who are missing out on testing, people who have drains and underground and overland water affecting their properties, and they've never heard from anyone."
Groups like AFL Queensland are also monitoring the situation, with the home ground of Mackay's Eastern Swans backing onto the affected waterway.The latest advice from the Federal Department of Health is that PFAS is a compound of concern that can accumulate in humans and animals. "In other western nations they say levels of five and lower are safe, but they don't know what level above five is unsafe.
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