Firefighting foam: minister considers 'transitional removal' of toxic chemicals
by Joshua Robertson from on (#2KTFF)
Call for federal government to follow Queensland and ban PFOS and PFOA after spill from Qantas airport hangar in Brisbane
The federal government is weighing up how to eliminate toxic chemicals from firefighting foam linked to high-profile contamination scares, including a spill from a Qantas airport hangar into Brisbane waterways last week.
It comes after a call by the Queensland government for the commonwealth to follow its own ban on the chemicals PFOS and PFOA, which doesn't apply to Qantas because it operates on federal land.
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