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BHP still using banned chemicals at Olympic Dam

MINING giant BHP has fallen behind the South Australian government's deadline for miners to phase out toxic firefighting foam and has requested more time to transition to fluorine-free firefighting foam at Olympic Dam.

 BHP is yet to replace toxic firefighting foam at its Olympic Dam site in South Australia despite the government banning it more than two years ago.

BHP is yet to replace toxic firefighting foam at its Olympic Dam site in South Australia despite the government banning it more than two years ago.

  South Australia banned the use of firefighting foams containing "fluorinated organic compounds" including perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid in 2018. It is a different, yet still...

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