{"id":246401,"date":"2019-10-21T13:02:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T03:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=246401"},"modified":"2019-10-21T13:02:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T03:02:56","slug":"pfas-site-in-kingaroy-on-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/10\/21\/pfas-site-in-kingaroy-on-list\/","title":{"rendered":"PFAS Site In Kingaroy On List"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_234302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234302\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mark-pitt-200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-234302\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mark-pitt-200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mark-pitt-200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mark-pitt-200-171x300.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">South Burnett Regional Council CEO Mark Pitt (Photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>October 21, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A site in Kingaroy has been named as one of more than 60 PFAS-contaminated places in Queensland.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-21\/erin-brockovich-sounds-alarm-over-pfas-as-new-qld-sites-emerge\/11606772\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a><\/strong> published a list of locations identified by Queensland authorities which are believed to be contaminated by the synthetic compounds.<\/p>\n<p>The ABC accessed the documents from the Department of Environment under a Right to Information request.<\/p>\n<p>Included in the list is the former Caltex Fuel Depot.<\/p>\n<p>PFAS chemicals are found in firefighting foam as well as other products including fabric and carpet stain protection applications, food packaging and some industrial processes.<\/p>\n<p>They are persistent in the environment but their health effect on humans and animals is unknown and still being researched.<\/p>\n<p>South Burnett Regional Council CEO Mark Pitt said the State Government advised Council of any additions to its Contaminated Land Register.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will have our Environmental Health Unit work with the State Government to see if there is anything else we have to do,&#8221; Mr Pitt said.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>External link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southburnett.biz\/pdfs\/PFASfactsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PFAS Fact Sheet<\/a><\/strong> (70kb PDF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A site in Kingaroy has been named as one of more than 60 PFAS-contaminated places in Queensland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":237377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,172,3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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