Australian defence admits three-year delay in warning of toxic foam danger

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The Department of Defence has admitted it should have warned the public about a chemical contamination scandal three years earlier than it did — and says the cost to taxpayers to clean up the problem nationwide will mount into the hundreds of millions of dollars.

Key points:

Defence admits it should have gone public about the dangers of perfluorinated chemicals three years before it did
The chemicals entered groundwater after being used at 18 bases around Australia
US authorities have warned of a "probable link" between the chemicals and cancer

Defence is now tackling perfluorinated chemical pollution — the source of which was the widespread use of firefighting foam — at no fewer than 18 Defence bases across the country.

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