The Age reported "Soil being dug up in the heart of Melbourne to build the $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel has PFAS levels that are 100 times the acceptable amount in drinking water, but this was never disclosed to the public, internal documents from the environmental watchdog reveal.  In the first official confirmation of high levels of PFAS on the project, secret Environment Protection Authority documents seen by The Sunday Age show soil dug up along the West Gate Freeway has been classed as the second-highest level of hazardous waste.  

Documents lodged in the Supreme Court on Thursday show the Moorabool community group has requested a judicial review of Planning Minister Richard Wynne’s decision to amend the Moorabool Planning Scheme, which would allow potentially millions of tonnes of PFAS-contaminated soil to be dumped at the Maddingley Brown Coal landfill in Bacchus Marsh."  

In this show I give an update on the situation. A situation that could see cancer linked chemicals find their way into the food on your dinner plate.  

According to MEG, the Minister bypassed community consultation in his decision, reasoning that all community concerns were addressed by an Environment Protection Authority (EPA) approval. But here’s the rub: In December, the environmental watchdog reversed its own approval to dump contaminated spoil from the West Gate Tunnel at Bacchus Marsh.  

"The EPA conceded that its approval of this plan was unlawful and of no legal effect.” MEG said  

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To check out some more of the story - https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/andrews-government-taken-to-court-over-west-gate-tunnel-soil-20210205-p56zyb.html 

https://mooraboolonline.com.au/2021/02/06/more-legal-action-over-contaminated-soil-moorabool-environment-group-challenges-planning-scheme-change/ 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-10/epa-reverses-west-gate-tunnel-toxic-soil-dumps/12972370  

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