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Tracey Ferrier

Firefighters tested for forever chemicals

Firefighters are waiting for test results after PFAS was detected beyond safe drinking limits. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

Authorities are scrambling to work out how toxic PFAS chemicals got into drinking water at a major Victorian airport.

About 30 firefighters and two air-traffic controllers who work at Avalon Airport are being tested after the long-lived contaminants were detected at levels far beyond safe drinking limits.

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