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Environment
Samantha Lock and Alex Mitchell

'Beyond belief': cancer risk poses water rules queries

Health experts are questioning the safety of Australia's drinking water. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS)

Urgent talks are planned to determine the safety of Australia's drinking water supply following a landmark ruling in the US.

Experts want Australia's standards to be lifted in line with recently tightened American regulations, after the US cut the maximum level of cancer-causing so-called "forever chemicals" allowed in its drinking water.

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