5 Dec 2018

Toxic foam threatens NZ ecosystem - study

From Morning Report, 8:20 am on 5 December 2018

Clear threats to this country's ecosystem have been identified from the chemicals in firefighting foam. This is spelled out in the biggest study yet into those impacts done for the Government. It coincides with an Australian parliamentary inquiry concluding that the public advice on the health risks to humans has been too soft . This is the same advice offered in New Zeland. Phil Pennington reports.