Fleur Connick
Radio Producer at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Walkley award-winning journalist. ABC Science cadet. Previous rural reporter for @guardianaus | Want to get in touch? ✉️ [email protected]
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1 month ago |
smh.com.au | Fleur Connick
By Fleur Connick February 27, 2025 — 11.58am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. An Australia-first study has found fat-loving “forever chemicals” in the human brain, raising questions about how they got there and the potential health risks.
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Jan 14, 2025 |
abc.net.au | Fleur Connick
"Forever chemicals" are almost impossible to avoid. They can be found in clothes, cosmetics, furnishings, non-stick cookware, food packaging — and, in rare occasions, end up in water from the kitchen tap. The chemicals, technically known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, encompass a class of more than 14,000 synthetic compounds.
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Jan 14, 2025 |
pfascentral.org | Fleur Connick
By Fleur Connick | ABC News | January 14, 2025 Read the full article by Fleur Connick (ABC News) "Forever chemicals" are almost impossible to avoid. They can be found in clothes, cosmetics, furnishings, non-stick cookware, food packaging — and, in rare occasions, end up in water from the kitchen tap.
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Dec 5, 2024 |
rnz.co.nz | Fleur Connick
By Fleur Connick, ABCWhen Lianne Mandelbaum approached a flight attendant to notify them of her son's life-threatening peanut allergy, she wasn't expecting any pushback. She was travelling with her husband and their 17-year-old son Josh on a flight from Texas to New York in 2023, and had made similar requests before.
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Dec 5, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Fleur Connick
When Lianne Mandelbaum approached a flight attendant to notify them of her son's life-threatening peanut allergy, she wasn't expecting any pushback. She was travelling with her husband and their 17-year-old son Josh on a flight from Texas to New York in 2023, and had made similar requests before.
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Exciting to see my latest PFAS story on page 4 in the @smh paper today! You can read the full story here: https://t.co/5uM3ZVGYKo https://t.co/PJ7UOUO5KB
Only 10% of MND cases have a clear genetic cause. Researchers who’ve been investigating the possible environmental triggers for MND suspect the answer lies in the water. Their focus? Pesticides, heavy metals and a neurotoxin produced by blue-green algae. https://t.co/8VcwValUGQ