Don’t talk – listen. Why communities affected by forever chemicals in water must be heard
- Written by Matthew Kearnes, Professor of Environment & Society, UNSW Sydney
97s/Unsplash, CC BY-NC-NDUntil recently, Australia’s efforts to tackle “forever chemical” pollution focused on highly polluted firefighting and defence sites.
But last year, elevated levels of some of these chemicals were detected in the untreated water supply for the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. Residents were...





