Residents impacted by the chemical contamination at the Williamtown RAAF Base are calling for an apology from enHealth after Food Standards Australia and New Zealand lowered the recommended safe levels of PFOS and PFOA in drinking water.
The new standard brings Australia in line with the more conservative US recommended levels, which is what the community had been originally calling for.
The safe level of PFOS has been lowered from .5 to .07 micrograms per litre, while the PFOA level has been slashed from 5 to 0.56 micrograms.
Williamtown residents are again being told to avoid eating home-grown food using contaminated water.
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