Member for Paterson Meryl Swanson asks Health Minister to explain Williamtown, Salt Ash by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 7, 2016 Member for Paterson-Meryl Swanson FEDERAL Member for Paterson Meryl Swanson has asked questions of the Health Minister to explain the ramifications of an international finding on a firefighting chemical that has contaminated land and water around Williamtown RAAF base. The Stockholm Convention’s Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee this week adopted a “draft risk profile” for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), which says: “PFOA, its salts and related compounds are persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic to animals including humans” and that “PFOA and its salts and related compounds are likely, as a result of their long-range environmental transport, to lead to adverse human health impacts and/or environmental effects such that global action is warranted”. Modern Media: Advertise with News Of The Area and you get your ad in 1) in Print, 2) on the News Website (like this ad), and 3) on our Social Media news site. A much more efficient way to advertise. Reach a HUGE audience for a LOW price TODAY! Call us on 02 4983 2134. Or media@newsofthearea.com.au Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE Health guidelines in Australia are that “there is currently no consistent evidence that exposure to PFOS and PFOA causes adverse human health effects”. “I have written to Sussan Ley to ask whether this international finding will have any effect on Australian guidelines,” Ms Swanson said. “I have also asked her whether this has any effect on health risks in relation to the Williamtown community.”
