Bring in health monitoring for firefighters in wake of PFAS research: union

ACT United Firefighters Union secretary Greg McConville, who has called on the ACT government to implement health monitoring for firefighters in the wake of new PFAS research. Picture: Melissa Adams

Health monitoring for firefighters needs to be urgently introduced in the ACT to keep tabs on the effects of exposure to PFAS, a toxic chemical formerly used in firefighting foam, the firies' union has said.

The ACT United Firefighters Union said the ACT government had fallen behind in introducing the monitoring, which it had agreed as part of the negotiations for a 2020 enterprise bargaining agreement.