Wreck Bay: NSW Indigenous community secures $22m Pfas contamination settlement
by Australian Associated Press from Environment | The Guardian on (#6BX0E)
Lawyer in class action over forever chemicals leaked in waterways calls deal bittersweet as people still dealing with irreparable damage to their land'
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Indigenous people affected by firefighting chemical contamination on traditional cultural lands have reached a $22m class action settlement with the federal government.
The settlement, revealed in a federal court hearing on Thursday, will result in $17m, minus administration costs and further legal costs, going to those affected when firefighting foam containing toxic Pfas - per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as forever chemicals" - leaked into sacred waterways.
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