Fire Station PFAS Investigation

In reply to Mr ODENWALDER (Elizabeth) (26 July 2019). (Estimates Committee A)

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing): I have been advised of the following:

The MFS offered voluntary blood tests to all current and former MFS staff who may have been exposed to firefighting foam containing PFAS substances. The initial round of blood testing was completed on 31 July 2019 and this involved a total of 722 PFAS blood tests from current and former staff.

At this stage, test results are not clinically meaningful, as serum levels detected by blood tests do not provide an interpretable measure of health risk.