Bundaberg residents affected by a contaminated water supply say they are worried, despite being assured the risk to their health is low.
The local council has switched off drinking water from a reservoir in the suburb of Svensson Heights after unsafe levels of potentially toxic PFAS chemicals were confirmed in the water.
The group of chemicals was used in firefighting foam on Defence bases across the country.
"Even though they were saying on the news it is a very low level, [I] still have concerns," Svensson Heights resident Nadine Russell said.
Ron Holzheimer, who has lived in Svensson Heights for seven years, found out about the contamination on TV.
"We should go and get tested and just check to make sure that we haven’t got any high levels of the contaminant," he said.
Another local resident, Lachlan Robinson, said he had never heard of PFAS before.
Queensland Health is assuring residents the health risks are very low.
Accusations Government kept quiet Queensland Health said its specialist health experts were notified of a potential PFAS contamination by Bundaberg Council last week.
Council said it had no reason to be concerned about its water supply, but passed on earlier unofficial test results from August which showed very low, safe levels of the chemical.