The upper house inquiry will examine the presence of cancer-linked chemicals in drinking water following the closure of dams where PFAS were found.
The NSW upper house will hold a wide-ranging inquiry into the risks of cancer-linked “forever chemicals” in the state’s drinking water.
Medlow Dam and neighbouring Greaves Creek Dam in the Blue Mountains have now been disconnected from the drinking water supply network while an investigation into the pollution is under way, and the NSW government is helping all water utilities across the state screen for PFAS.
“Companies using PFAS have known for decades that these chemicals are toxic to humans yet have continued to suppress these facts while PFAS has continued to spread throughout the environment.” “New testing conducted by the state’s dam manager, WaterNSW, has confirmed that raw water in Greater Sydney’s dams – with the exception of the small, publicly inaccessible Medlow Dam – contains negligible PFAS levels,” the agency said in a statement.
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