Michael Nicholls 
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.
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.
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.
⚖️ Environmental penalties in NSW are no longer just about ecological damage. The NSW Land and Environment Court has fined the Forestry Corporation of NSW $450,000 for illegally logging giant and hollow-bearing trees in the Wild Cattle Creek State Forest.
Can the high cost of treating PFAS-contaminated soil be offset by selling recovered chemical byproducts? Managing persistent fluorochemicals has historically been a significant sunk cost for developers and infrastructure projects.
The methodology for assessing contaminated land is moving away from reactive field sampling. New research published in Artificial Intelligence and Environment outlines how machine learning models are shifting our industry toward predictive precision.
🦴 The toxicological profile of legacy contamination now includes skeletal development. A new longitudinal study has linked early-life exposure to specific PFAS compounds with reduced bone mineral density in adolescents. Researchers tracked 218 children from birth to age 12. They