Michael Nicholls

💨 Claims of “99.99% PFAS destruction” during thermal remediation might actually be masking a massive secondary contamination pathway. New research from CSIRO reveals that treating PFAS impacted soil at standard thermal desorption temperatures often fails to break the chemical bon

🏢 A catastrophic structural failure has triggered a $170,000 regulatory penalty and a strict compliance mandate for a major industrial operator. In 2024, a grain silo collapse at the Shoalhaven Starches facility spilled over 2,000 tonnes of wheat into the Shoalhaven River. The ma

🤖 Precision is not synonymous with accuracy, especially when dealing with AI agents.

New research from the University of Texas at Dallas has identified a critical vulnerability in how AI agents process information. When tasked with identical datasets, agents produced highly

🌱 Nature-positive development and biodiversity offsets are moving from policy discussion into large-scale commercial practice, and a project in Western Australia is one of the clearer examples of what that looks like on the ground. In Western Australia, an ecological restoration

A 261-page government report has been labelled a “fairy tale” by Australia’s leading ecological scientists. The Biodiversity Council has strongly condemned the Australian Government’s first progress report to the United Nations under the Global Biodiversity Framework. While the g

Recent peer-reviewed research from CSIRO and the SA EPA has tracked contamination in South Australian dolphins over three decades. The data reveals a downward trend in total PFAS concentrations across the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary and Port River Estuary. This drop in PFOS valida

The most sweeping chemical ban in history has cleared a major regulatory hurdle. On 11 March 2026, the European Chemicals Agency advanced its universal restriction proposal for all PFAS. The Committee for Socio-economic Analysis has formally agreed on its draft opinion evaluating

🚜 We may be systematically underestimating PFAS risks on former agricultural land. A major analysis released this week found that 37 percent of conventionally grown California produce contains PFAS pesticide residues. Out of 930 samples tested, 17 different PFAS residues were det

Global supply chain pressures have forced a rollback of chemical emission standards. The US EPA has proposed weakening its air pollution limits for ethylene oxide. This move effectively dismantles a 2024 rule that mandated commercial sterilisation facilities reduce their emission

Clean groundwater and scheme drinking water will not protect residents who keep backyard poultry on PFAS-impacted sites. A new study by the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment has confirmed widespread PFAS contamination in backyard chicken eggs. After a