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Those who work in or live near municipal firefighting stations may be exposed to high levels of PFAS forever chemicals from firefighting foam

Sunday, October 23, 2022 - Lethal levels of toxic water contamination are being discovered in the water supplies near municipal firefighting stations and surrounding communities throughout the United States. Firefighters that have developed cancer or other life-threatening illness may consult with a water contamination lawyer and seek to hold the makers of firefighting foam financially responsible for causing their disease. If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with cancer and live or work near a firefighting station, it is safe to assume that drinking the local tap water may have caused the problem. Attorney Generals across the nation have taken note of the problem. They are suing 3M and more than one dozen other companies for failing to warn people about the dangers of using firefighting foam. State governments seek reimbursement for cleanup and remediation costs of removing PFAS forever chemicals from the air, soil, and water where firefighting foam has been used and improperly disposed of. Municipal firefighters train regularly with firefighting foam to put out jet fuel and petroleum fires. The Wisconsin AG recently filed suit against including 3M Company, Tyco Fire Products LP, BASF Corporation, and about 20 others alleging that the companies knew the dangers of firefighting foam and failed to warn them. The Wisconsin AG told CBS News, "To this day, the State continues to take necessary actions to protect its natural resources and its residents from harm caused by PFAS contamination," the lawsuit states. "The State and its taxpayers will need to spend billions of dollars remediating the dangerous PFAS contamination caused by Defendants' wrongful, deceptive and tortious conduct." North Carolina Attorney General Stein filed a similar lawsuit this week alleging that the companies were negligent, fraudulent, reckless, and careless in failing to warn of the dangers of PFAS forever chemicals they knew their product contained. PFAS chemicals have strong molecular bonds and do not break down naturally into organic compounds. The longer PFAS chemicals are pumped into the environment, the greater they accumulate and the greater the health hazard.

PFAS water contamination lawsuits and hundreds of others by individuals living near municipal firefighting stations will undoubtedly look to studies that have found and certify that local drinking water supplies have been contaminated and also identify the source. One study published the other day in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters, found more than 57,000 incidences of PFAS contamination sites in all 50 states according to Environmental Health News (EHN). EHN wrote, "PFAS don't break down naturally, so they linger in the environment and human bodies. Exposure is linked to health problems including kidney and testicular cancer, liver and thyroid problems, reproductive problems, lowered vaccine efficacy in children and increased risk of birth defects, among others. The chemicals have been found in drinking water systems throughout the U.S., in the bodies of humans and animals around the globe, in plants and crops, and even in rainwater at levels too high for safe consumption."

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