A new study has found millions of Australians have been exposed to cancer causing chemicals in their tap water, which US experts have warned have 'no safe level of exposure'.
A new study has found millions of Australia ns have been drinking tap water containing chemicals experts believe cause cancer. Find out if your town is affected.A new study has found millions of Australia ns have been exposed to cancer causing chemicals in their tap water , which US experts have warned have"no safe level of exposure".
Toxic chemicals campaigner Dr Mariann Lloyd-Smith, who has served on UN expert committees, said it was a"national disgrace" the chemicals were permitted in Australia's tap water at a rate 140 times higher than the US benchmark. "There are some water filters you can use, but is an expensive process and it's absolutely unacceptable that the user should pay for that. It should be the person that created the contamination," she said.
Dr Mariann Lloyd-Smith said Australians should be concerned over the possibly"toxic" contaminants. Picture: Sky News Australia The masthead analysed available data which saw the chemicals were present in the tap water of up to 1.8 million Australians since 2010. The below table shows some of the locations PFOS/PFOA were detected in drinking water according to publicly available data collected by SMH:
SMH contacted all 23 affected Australian drinking water providers who all responded to say their tap water was safe because the detected levels of the chemicals were within Australia's drinking water guidelines.
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