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Cancer-linked “forever chemicals” have been found in drinking water sources at levels that exceed overseas guidelines, Sydney Water has confirmed. Per- and polyfluorinated chemicals were detected at levels considered unsafe in the United States at key Sydney water filtration plants including Orchard Hills and Prospect in June.
exposure over a long period of time can cause cancer and other serious illnesses, the US EPA warns. However, the Australian government guidelines outline there is a safe level of was found at 0.0164 micrograms per litre and another were also found at Prospect Reservoir, Orchard Hills, Warragamba and North Richmond. Under Australian drinking water guidelines, the safe level of
regulation, recently set an enforceable threshold of 0.004 µg/L. For decades, in their bodies”, but it claims these levels are not dangerous. International Pollutants Elimination Network senior policy adviser Mariann Lloyd-Smith, who has 45 years’ experience working with
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