TalkingPFAS
Episodes
Ep 49 Alison Ling (Ali) University of St Thomas, St Paul, Minnesota Costs of removing PFAS
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Ep 48 PFAS regulation and litigation in US with Boston Attorney John Gardella from CMBG3 Law
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Ep 47 Season 7 Peter Murphy EPOC Enviro Australia SAFF Foam Fractionation
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Ep 46 Season 7 PFAS in Turtles QLD with David Beale also for QLD SL oral history
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Ep 45 Season 7 Talking PFAS Batteries Dr Cheng Zhang also for QLD SL
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 tec...
Ep 44 Talking PFAS CRC Care Masterclass with Paul Nathanail (UK) & Scott Warner (US)
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Ep 43 (PFAS Australia) EPOC Enviro Peter Murphy SAFF - PFAS removal using Foam Fractionation - 26:4:2023, 10.11 pm
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes: Talking PFAS with Peter Murphy, MD EPOC Enviro (OPEC Systems) regarding PFAS remediation using their SAFF Foam Fractionation Technology –...
Ep 42 (PFAS in US) - US EPA PFAS Regulation & Litigation US (Attorney John Gardella Boston)
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Ep 41 (PFAS in US) Scott Coffin California - At Clean-Up Conference 2022 Adelaide, South Australia
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 episod...
Ep 40 (PFAS in Australia) Dr Mark Bowman GHD- At Clean-Up Conference 2022, Adelaide, South Australia
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 podc...
Ep 39 (PFAS in Australia) Gavin Scherer & Rachael Casson from AECOM PFAS De-Fluoro - At Clean Up Conference 2022, Adelaide, South Australia
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 B...
Ep 38 (PFAS in Australia) Richard Stewart RemBind PFAS solution for soil - At Clean Up Conference 2022, Adelaide, South Australia
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 B...
Ep 37 (PFAS in UK) Paul Nathanail UK LQM - At Clean Up Conference 2022 , Adelaide, South Australia
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 l...
Ep 36 (PFAS in Australia) Dr Shaun Thomas EPA SA PFAS Biosolids & NEMP 3 Clean Up Conference 2022 Adelaide, South Australia
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 r...
Ep 35 (PFAS in Australia) Prof Mark Patrick Taylor - At Clean Up Conference 2022, Adelaide, South Australia
24 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 20...
Ep 34 (PFAS in Sweden) Professor Ian Cousins - "Outside the safe operating space of a new planetary boundary for PFAS"
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 to...
Ep 33 (PFAS in US) Boston Attorney John Gardella - Major PFAS developments in the US
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 rea...
Ep 32 (PFAS Australia, Sweden, US) - Recap of Talking PFAS (from Ep 18-30)
05 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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....
Ep 31 (PFAS in US) Alissa Cordner, The True Cost of PFAS, Environmental Sociologist Washington State, US, Season Finale
25 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My special guest today is Alissa Cordner an Environmental Sociologist and Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at Whitman College which is ...
Ep 30 (PFAS in US) Dr Katie Pelch Fort Worth Texas discusses the PFAS Tox Database
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Ep29 (PFAS in US) PFAS in cosmetics with Boston Attorney John Gardella Talking PFAS News
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/pfas-cosmetics-financial-and-insurance-companies-noticePFAS in Cosmetics: Financial and Insurance Companies on No...
Ep 28 (PFAS in US) PFAS Michigan Talking PFAS Feature with reporter Garret Ellison
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My special guest today is Garret Ellison, an investigative environment reporter, at MLive and Grand Rapids Press in Michigan who covers Michigan envir...
Ep 27 (PFAS in US) PFAS in Michigan, PFAS in rain, 3M sues State of Michigan, Reporter Garret Ellison Mlive Talking PFAS News
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Ep 26 (PFAS in Australia) Talking PFAS News Tasmania use of PFAS Firefighting Foams - Guests Rob Inglis Journalist Sharon McLay candidate state election May 2021
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's extended Talking PFAS News edition is discussing the use of firefighting foams containing PFAS in Tasmania. Primarily this episode focuses on ...
Ep 25 NSW EPA PFAS Firefighting Ban - Claire Smith Environmental Lawyer Talking PFAS News 17 May 2021
16 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My special guest today is Environmental Lawyer Claire Smith from Clayton UTZ in Sydney, Australia to discuss and explain the NSW EPA PFAS Firefighting...
Ep 24 Boston Attorney John Gardella CMBG3 Law Talking PFAS Feature US Litigation
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's 'Talking PFAS Feature' (recorded 30/4/2021) is a very open and insightful discussion with Boston Attorney, John Gardella, from CMBG3 Law. If y...
Ep 23 Talking PFAS NEWS - PFAS Litigation Alaska, Michigan & Sweden
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It is so good to be back after a long season break, for Season 4 of Talking PFAS podcast. There is some important changes this season, as you might ha...
Ep 22 (PFAS Switzerland - Uses of PFAS) Juliane Gluge, Zurich Switzerland PFAS Uses "We found over 200 uses and I identified over 1,400 chemicals that have been applied in these uses"
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the last episode for 2020, and the podcast will be on a season break, as I take a break and am in production for a new season in 2021 (publish...
EP 21 Ian Cousins Sweden "We think the PFASs are problematic because of the high persistence ...it's going to take decades to learn about all of the substances in the class..."
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Professor Ian Cousins, from the Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), Stockholm University, Sweden. H...
Ep 20 CSIRO QLD Dr Paul Bertsch "It's a significant global challenge ...it's been ubiquitously distributed throughout the environment."
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Paul Bertsch is the Science Director of Land and Water at CSIRO Ecosciences Precinct in Dutton Park, Brisbane, QLD. "Well the big turning point for...
Ep 19 Leisa-Maree Toms QLD QUT PFAS in Blood "We can see in our human biomonitoring that the general population are exposed..."
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is a fascinating talk with QLD researcher Leisa-Maree Toms from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane. It was recorded before...
Ep 18 Prof Chris Higgins "I have certainly described this as what I think is a major challenge for my generation of environmental engineers"
20 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is a fascinating discussion with Professor Chris Higgins from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School o...
Ep 17 - PFAS Biosolids Landfills WWTP Floodwaters - Christie Gallen University of QLD
17 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is the final episode for Season 2 and 2019 - Taking a longer break (for other PFAS work) next one due approximately May/June 2020In today’s epi...
Ep 16 - Helena Hinrichsen, Sweden "It is a nasty contaminant we still have lots to investigate about just how toxic it is and I think it needs to be more known to the public what PFAS is."
04 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Helena Hinrichsen is an Environmental Engineer from EnvyTech Solutions AB, Sweden was a presenter at the 2019 Clean Up Conference held in Adelaide bet...
Ep 15 Clean Up Conference 2019 Professor Ravi Naidu "PFAS is one contaminant that I believe is far more challenging to come up with a solution than arsenic or lead"
15 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today's discussion is with Professor Ravi Naidu the founder of CRC Care. This interview was recorded at the CRC Care 2019 Clean Up Conference held in ...
Ep - 14 Jennifer Spencer Oakey QLD "I live in fear every day. I live in anguish every day. I want my choices given back to me"
20 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Spencer had a dream of training race horses on her own property. In 2012, she bought a property in Oakey, QLD to fulfil that dream where she ...
Ep 13 - Dianne Priddle & David Jefferis Oakey QLD "We were excited to find our final home...we were actually buying in a contamination zone but we did not know."
11 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is the journey of two QLD stud producers, Dianne Priddle and David Jefferis, who live in the Department of Defence's PFAS management a...
Ep 12 - Professor Cathy Banwell ANU Canberra "Obviously people had concerns about their physical health. One of the things that was said by many people was that they felt "stuck"
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is an interview with Professor Cathy Banwell. We discuss the Focus Group Study Report that was released by ANU Canberra on 19 March, 2019...
Ep 11 - "We found that PFASs measured in blood are associated with weight gain." Assistant Professor Andres Cardenas University of California Berkeley
06 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is a conversation with Assistant Professor Andres Cardenas from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr Cardenas has been the lea...
Ep 10 - Breaking News Australian Government to provide $4.7 million to support University of Newcastle HEMP PFAS remediation project
23 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 6, I interviewed Dr Brett Turner from the University of Newcastle and we discussed the original work he, and his team have been doing using...
Ep 9 (Season 2) Wrap of 2018 PFAS Inquiry - Australia "The financial damage is enormous. The physical damage the emotional damage is terrifying. I am so scared of what is going to happen to my property."
02 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Australia in 2018 a PFAS Inquiry looking at PFAS contamination in and around Defence bases was conducted. The Joint Standing Committee on Foreign A...
Ep 8 - "We have to remediate, we have to buy back properties from innocent victims that are not responsible for this" NSW Senator Brian Burston United Australia Party - Season Finale
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is a jam packed Season #1 Finale of TalkingPFAS. Please listen right to the end to hear about what's coming for Season #2. This episode features ...
Ep 7 - "They want the chemical banned. They want it to stop coming off the base. They want options." Meryl Swanson, Federal (Labor) Member for Paterson
22 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This discussion is from an interview in September, 2018 with the Labor Federal member for Paterson Meryl Swanson. In this episode I ask her why Labor ...
Ep 6 - Find out how HEMP naturally removes PFAS - Dr Brett Turner Newcastle University
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Researcher Dr Brett Turner from Newcastle University and his team have developed a natural and effective solution for removing toxic PFAS chemicals fr...
Ep 5 - "We are not interested in identifying things that suit Government or Community, we are interested in the truth." Prof Martyn Kirk ANU Canberra
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today's important discussion is with Professor Martyn Kirk, the lead researcher of the PFAS Health Study being conducted by the Australian National Un...
Ep 4 - "PFAS is a bigger problem for Australia than just Defence bases...I see this as the next asbestos" A/Prof Robert Niven
10 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Associate Professor Robert Niven from the University of NSW Canberra has (along with his team) just been awarded a grant by ARC to develop remediation...
Ep 3 - "They still hold onto hope that perhaps this story, this message might get through" Kate Washington
26 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Washington, the Labor Member for Port Stephens, NSW shares her perspective on how PFAS contamination from the RAAF Base Williamtown, has affected...
Ep 2 - "We just don't want to live on contaminated land" Len & Pam O'Connell
13 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Pam & Len O'Connell's property at Salt Ash have been in Pam's family for 100 years, they dreamed of a peaceful retirement on this land .....now th...
Ep 1 - Preview
01 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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