'It's a sick river. There are dangerous contaminants.'

"The Belubula River is an endangered ecological community.

"Foam containing high levels of the forever chemical PFOS have appeared on a river in central-west NSW for a second year.These concentrations just in the river are bad."

'Future studies should include the assessment of likely real exposures: platypus, livestock or humans, together with PFAS fingerprinting," Professor Naidu said."
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