{"id":487,"date":"2018-06-12T02:33:41","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T02:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ufuact.asn.au\/?p=487"},"modified":"2018-06-12T02:47:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T02:47:26","slug":"toxic-fire-fighting-foams-a-legacy-of-contamination-at-nine-act-fire-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ufuact.asn.au\/?p=487","title":{"rendered":"Toxic fire fighting foams: a legacy of contamination at nine ACT fire stations ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canberratimes.com.au\/national\/act\/toxic-foam-contamination-could-impact-nine-more-sites-across-canberra-20180608-p4zkfa.html\">Canberra Times of 11 June 2018<\/a> reports that according to government briefings from December 2017 &#8220;toxic fire fighting foams could have left a legacy of contamination at nine fire stations across the ACT as well as defence department and police facilities&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The news article states that potentially-harmful polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which were &#8220;present in aqueous film forming foams used by fire fighters until they were phased out in 2005&#8221;, have &#8220;been confirmed at the former Belconnen fire station, and could be present at eight further fire stations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Canberra Times of 11 June 2018 reports that according to government briefings from December 2017 &#8220;toxic fire fighting foams could have left a legacy of contamination at nine fire stations across the ACT as well as defence department and police facilities&#8221;. 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