Rep. Doggett: News4SA - Law Makers Step Up PFAS Protections to Include Testing Firefighters
January 10, 2020
January 10, 2020
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 10 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release on Jan. 10:
Two months ago, a career military firefighter, we'll identify only as Albert, shared the extend of this exposure to a toxic firefighting foam containing PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances).
He's waded in it, touched it, inhaled it more times than he can count and he's one of hundreds of first responders who've used the aqueous film forming foam while trainin . . .
Two months ago, a career military firefighter, we'll identify only as Albert, shared the extend of this exposure to a toxic firefighting foam containing PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances).
He's waded in it, touched it, inhaled it more times than he can count and he's one of hundreds of first responders who've used the aqueous film forming foam while trainin . . .