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Inside Fiskville firefighter cancer cluster and the people who exposed toxic foam | Australian Story

Firefighter Mick Tisbury spent years fighting to uncover an alarming chemical contamination scandal. Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ5 Then, with no medical training, he found a way to help fellow firefighters and members of the public who were at risk of severe illness as a result of their unwitting exposure. The experienced firefighter worked alongside a journalist to reveal the full extent to which carcinogenic chemicals and toxic firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals were misused at a volunteer firefighting training facility in rural Victoria. Mick went all the way to the to the United Nations Stockholm Convention in Geneva to argue for worldwide bans on PFAS. And on the way, he has come up with an ingenious solution to help people rid their bodies of these "forever chemicals". #AustralianStory #PFAS #firefighting Read more: https://ab.co/3SAiPbE Statement | Spokesperson for the Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water https://ab.co/3CbEiSY Statement | Australian Red Cross Lifeblood regarding PFAS https://ab.co/3Ca9K3Y _____________________________________________________________ Watch more Australian Story documentaries here: https://bit.ly/36ABH2J Like us on Facebook:   / abcaustralia.  . Follow us on Twitter:   / australianstory   About Australian Story: Putting the "real" back into reality television, Australian Story is an award-winning documentary series with no narrator and no agendas — just authentic stories told entirely in people's own words. Take 30 minutes to immerse yourself in the life of an extraordinary Australian. They're sometimes high profile, sometimes controversial, but always compelling. It’s television guaranteed to make you think and feel. New episodes are available every Monday. ABC News In-depth takes you deeper on the big stories, with long-form journalism from Four Corners, Foreign Correspondent, Australian Story, Planet America and more, and explainers from ABC News Video Lab. Watch more ABC News content ad-free on iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Get breaking news and livestreams from our ABC News channel:    / newsonabc   Like ABC News on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC News on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC News on Twitter:   / abcnews