BHP has begun a drilling program at its Nelson's Point operations in Port Hedland to monitor PFAS in the groundwater.
BHP will install monitoring wells across Port Hedland to trace PFAS contaminants in groundwater extending to Wilson and Anderson streets.The iron ore miner has told residents it will fully assess the risk to local marine life and impacts on groundwater.
A lot remains unknown about the potential health impacts of PFAS exposure although it's been linked to increased blood cholesterol, testicular and kidney cancer, and hypertension in pregnant women. "In many areas, households will have a private well or a bore in the backyard that they might be using to pump up groundwater," he said.
Private bores for domestic and ordinary use, such as watering an area of lawn or garden less than 0.2 hectares, do not require a permit, according to DWER. DWER does not keep an inventory of the quantity of PFAS around the state but collects data on a "site-specific basis".About 360 kilometres south of Port Hedland lies BHP's Mount Whaleback mine, just outside Newman.
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