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PFAS compensation for property value loss and distress for residents still living with contamination
Federal compensation has finally reached communities with PFAS-contaminated drinking and groundwater, but the ongoing clean-up and lingering health concerns are far from over.
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Katherine landowners Kristy and Anthony Bartlett live near RAAF Base Tindal in the Northern Territory and were lead plaintiffs in the landmark class action suing the Australian government for allowing toxic PFAS chemicals to escape defence bases and contaminate soil and groundwater in surrounding communities.
The chemicals were used in firefighting foams at Australian defence bases until the early 2000s and are now ubiquitous in the Bartlett family’s groundwater and bloodstream.
“It has been good to have some acknowledgement and compensation, but it’s not…
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