Military Firefighters Say DoD Isn’t Moving Fast Enough to Protect Them from Toxic Chemicals
2 Jul 2020
Military.com | By Patricia Kime
An amendment to the House and Senate defense policy bills would require the Pentagon to provide blood tests for any service member suspected to have been exposed to chemicals used in most firefighting foams, as well as non-stick industrial coatings and stain repellent.
But the Department of Defense has yet to begin testing firefighters for these substances, which fall under the class of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. They are required to do so by Oct. 1 under last year's National Defense Authorization Act.
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