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Workers at the Gold Coast Airport extension have claimed they were not sufficiently warned about PFAS chemical contamination.

Plumber Craig Anderson, who worked for 18 months on the site, said he was told to wash his hands after working in contaminated groundwater, but was not given further information about the contamination.

While Airservices Australia had been given a report from the University of Queensland on avoiding contamination, the workers were employed by construction company Fulton Hugon, not Airservices, during the project.