TalkingPFAS

    Welcome back to Talking PFAS podcast and if you are joining me for the first time a very big welcome to you.  I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell. Last episode I brought you a discussion with Boston Attorney John Gardella from CMBG3 Law.  This was a very informative chat about some PFAS developments in the US, and changes to the US EPA under Trump administration.&n...

Welcome back to the Talking PFAS podcast.  If you are joining me for the first time a very big welcome to you.   I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell. Last week I brought you a discussion with Peter Murphy, the Managing Director of EPOC Enviro.  This Australian company recently managed to secure patents in Australia and the US for their SAFF technology.  I encourag...

Welcome back to the Talking PFAS podcast.  If you are joining me for the first time a very big welcome to you.   I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell. Last episode I brought you a discussion with Adjunct Professor David Beale.  He is a senior research scientist who leads the CSIRO’s Ecosurveillance Systems team in Queensland.  We discussed David’s work...

Welcome back to the Talking PFAS podcast.  If you are joining me for the first time a very big welcome to you.   I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell. Last episode I brought you a very interesting discussion with Dr Cheng Zhang from the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at the University of Queensland in Australia.  We spoke about many things bu...

Talking PFAS Episode 45 - Recorded 04/02/2025 at the ABIS QLD with Dr Cheng Zhang on PFAS in batteries and PFAS sorbents, and landfill remediation techniques.     Welcome back to the Talking PFAS podcast.  If you are joining me for the first time a very big welcome to you.   I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell. I am so very glad to be back to bring you a new...

Talking PFAS Episode 44 Show Description/Notes/Links INTRO: Welcome back to Talking PFAS podcast.  I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell.  If you are new to the podcast, I encourage you to have a binge listen, as the content is, of course, still very relevant today as attention, regulation and litigation regarding PFAS chemicals continues to accelerate.  Today’s discussion is an Interview w...

Show Notes: Talking PFAS with Peter Murphy, MD EPOC Enviro (OPEC Systems) regarding PFAS remediation using their SAFF Foam Fractionation Technology – Published Wed 26/4/2023 Welcome back to Talking PFAS podcast.  I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell.  If you are joining us for the first time a very big welcome. I encourage you to listen to past episodes, with a range of really excellent gu...

Show Notes Talking PFAS Episode 42 – Published 25/4/2023 Welcome back to Talking PFAS Podcast.  I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell. Today’s episode is the launch of Season 6, and I want to give a big thank you to everybody who continually listens to Talking PFAS podcast, and for sending me your emails on how much you enjoy it.  If you are new to the podcast, I encourage you to have a bin...

Welcome back to Talking PFAS podcast, and if you are joining us for the first time, a very big welcome.  I encourage you to listen to previous episodes.  I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell.  This is the last episode of Season 5.  I will be taking a publishing break until the end of March, as I conduct some more interviews.  Before I introduce today’s guest, I have some news.  I am very p...

Welcome back to Talking PFAS podcast.  I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell. Please note I am having some technical challenges with some podcast players not updating to my latest episode, especially Apple Podcasts and Spotify, which I am in the process of fixing.  I apologise for any inconvenience.  But you can always find the latest episode on my podcast host Omny Studio, and Podlink, Cas...

Welcome back to Talking PFAS Podcast, and if you are joining us for the first time a very special welcome.  I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell.  Today’s episode was also recorded in September in Adelaide, South Australia at the International Clean-Up Conference.  My guests today are Gavin Scherer and Rachael Casson from AECOM and first up I will be speaking with Gavin Scherer.  Following...

Welcome back to Talking PFAS podcast and if you are joining us for the first time, a very special welcome.  I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell.  To finish this season of Talking PFAS I will be publishing the remainder of the audio I recorded in September in Adelaide at the International Clean Up Conference, hosted by CRC Care. Today’s guest is Dr Richard Stewart, he is the Managing Direc...

Welcome back to Talking PFAS podcast.  I am a journalist and your host, Kayleen Bell.  Episode 37 - Published 25/11/2022. Thanks for being patient listeners (as I have been unwell since the Conference).  It is good to be back with new episodes. For the next several weeks I will be bringing you episodes recorded at the International Clean Up 2022 Conference held in Adelaide mid-September, hosted by...

Welcome back to Talking PFAS podcast.  I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell.   For the next several weeks I will be bringing you episodes recorded at the International Clean Up 2022 Conference in Adelaide mid-September, hosted by CRC Care. The Heads of EPAs of Australia and New Zealand known as (HEPA) are about to release the draft version 3.0 of the National Environmental Plan (NEMP) for...

For the next several weeks I will be publishing episodes from PFAS discussions I had in person with a range of people at the International Clean Up 2022 Conference which was held in Adelaide, South Australia.  This conference is hosted by CRC Care, and there were over 600 delegates (including about 100) online who attended from over 28 countries.  There were over 230 oral sessions, and far too man...

Welcome back to Talking PFAS Podcast I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell. And if you are joining us for the first time welcome.  My guest today is Professor Ian Cousins from the Department of Environmental Science at Stockholm University in Sweden.  Now I have interviewed Ian before in Episode 21 when we spoke about his PFAS Essential Use paper and I highly recommend a listen to that one....

Welcome back to Talking PFAS Podcast, and if you are joining me for the first time, welcome. I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell. You can reach me at TalkingPFAS@gmail.com. The following show notes and all information in today's episode are copyright. Permissions must be sought to reproduce. The episode (and show notes) may be shared in its original form and its entirety for others to lis...

Welcome back to Talking PFAS Podcast. I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell. If you are joining me for the first time a very big welcome to you. I want to say thank you so much to my regular listeners for being patient with me while I took an extended break, which unfortunately became longer than I wanted due to an injury I suffered, but I am very much on the mend now. I appreciate you comi...

My special guest today is Alissa Cordner an Environmental Sociologist and Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at Whitman College which is in Eastern Washington State in the US. She has been working on PFAS since about 2014. She is the co-director of the PFAS Project Lab which is based at North Eastern University with Phillip Brown who is the other co-director. Alissa says "over the las...

My guest today is Dr Katie Pelch from Fort Worth Texas. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas Health Science Centre. Dr Katie Pelch and colleagues published the PFAS-TOX Database in April, 2021. The database currently includes 29 of the most commonly studied PFAS mapped to 15 health outcome categories. Katie said what they found was quite a surprise. Contrary to the notion...

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/pfas-cosmetics-financial-and-insurance-companies-notice PFAS in Cosmetics: Financial and Insurance Companies on Notice – Monday, June 21, 2021 John Gardella CMBG3 Law Today's Talking PFAS News Episode is a discussion with Boston Attorney John Gardella from CMBG3 Law in Boston. John has been a previous guest on the podcast in Episode 24 and I highly recommend a...

My special guest today is Garret Ellison, an investigative environment reporter, at MLive and Grand Rapids Press in Michigan who covers Michigan environment and The Great Lakes. Since 2016 he has specialised on reporting on PFAS and their impact on Michigan's people and environment. From 2017 to 2019 PFAS was about the only issue he was writing about, but he says he has lost count of how many PFAS...

Today’s Talking PFAS News is focused on PFAS in Michigan, Great Lakes, and also some new pending legislation that could result in stricter rules for the US military regarding PFAS. My special guest is Award Winning investigative/enterprise environment reporter Garret Ellison from MLive and Grand Rapids Press in Michigan. Today we discuss three of his recent stories, and because of Garret’s extensi...

Today's extended Talking PFAS News edition is discussing the use of firefighting foams containing PFAS in Tasmania. Primarily this episode focuses on the use of PFAS firefighting foams by the Tasmanian Fire Service (TFS). PFAS became an issue of focus during the recent State election in May. My guests today are journalist Rob Inglis from The Examiner and Advocate Newspapers in Hobart, and Sharon M...

My special guest today is Environmental Lawyer Claire Smith from Clayton UTZ in Sydney, Australia to discuss and explain the NSW EPA PFAS Firefighting Ban, Below is a portion of her written commentary on 18 March, 2021. "The Environmental Operations (General) Amendment (PFAS Firefighting Foam) Regulation 2021 has been introduced and will impose a ban on the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam...