Home Hill Emergency Bore Raw Water Quality 2013-2020

N-Butylbenzenesulfonamide 1.5ug/L (max), 0.338ug/L (av.)

N-Butyl benzenesulfonamide (NBBS), a plasticizer used commercially in the polymerization of polyamide compounds. It is neurotoxic and has been found to induce spastic myelopathy in rabbits.

Low levels of PFAS and Pesticides also detected

2013-2020: Home Hill Emergency Bore Raw Water. Plasticisers

Home Hill Emergency Bore Raw Water Quality 2013-2020

N-Butylbenzenesulfonamide 1.5ug/L (max), 0.338ug/L (av.)

N-Butyl benzenesulfonamide (NBBS), a plasticizer used commercially in the polymerization of polyamide compounds. It is neurotoxic and has been found to induce spastic myelopathy in rabbits.

Low levels of PFAS and Pesticides also detected