Federal parliament will hold an inquiry into the impacts of cancer-linked “forever chemicals” just days after Sydney Water confirmed the presence of the chemicals in the city's filtration plants.
Federal parliament will hold an inquiry into cancer-linked" forever chemicals " just days after Sydney Water confirmed the chemicals' presence in the city's filtration plants.Federal parliament will hold an inquiry into the impacts of cancer-linked “ forever chemicals ” just days after Sydney Water confirmed the presence of the chemicals in the city's filtration plants.
Ms Thorpe will chair the inquiry into cancer-linked forever chemicals. Picture: NewsWire / Diego Fedele Alongside Ms Thorpe, the senate committee will include two Labor MPs, two Coalition MPs and one Greens MP who are all yet to be selected. Ms Thorpe's announcement comes after Sydney Water revealed the presence of PFAS in the city’s drinking water on Tuesday.
Action against forever chemicals has started across the Tasman with the New Zealand government moving to gradually ban PFAS from the end of 2026 while across the Pacific the United States will phase out all non-essential uses of the chemicals within ten years.
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