Firefighters Wore Gear Containing “Forever Chemicals.”
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Firefighters Wore Gear Containing “Forever Chemicals.” The Forest Service Knew and Stayed Silent for Years.
---As early as 2021, government officials were alerted to the presence of potentially dangerous chemicals known as PFAS in pants used by wildland firefighters, according to emails obtained by ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/forest-service-forever-chemical-firefighter-pfas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post#News #PFAS #Fire #WIldfires #Government #Chemicals #Safety #Health
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Firefighters Wore Gear Containing “Forever Chemicals.” The Forest Service Knew and Stayed Silent for Years.
---As early as 2021, government officials were alerted to the presence of potentially dangerous chemicals known as PFAS in pants used by wildland firefighters, according to emails obtained by ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/forest-service-forever-chemical-firefighter-pfas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post#News #PFAS #Fire #WIldfires #Government #Chemicals #Safety #Health
@ProPublica this honestly seems like a nonsensical article, PFAS being present in clothing as a water repellent are ubiquitous in technical clothing such as hiking clothes and honestly nearly any water repellent clothing worn by people who work outside.
The highest risk for firefighters is still the smoke inhalation and the inhalation of fumes from plastics etc…
Though there are of course also risks from various types of firefighting foam
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@ProPublica this honestly seems like a nonsensical article, PFAS being present in clothing as a water repellent are ubiquitous in technical clothing such as hiking clothes and honestly nearly any water repellent clothing worn by people who work outside.
The highest risk for firefighters is still the smoke inhalation and the inhalation of fumes from plastics etc…
Though there are of course also risks from various types of firefighting foam
@XEJKnol @ProPublica I was just going to say the same thing. All our closets are full of pfas.
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