Turnout gear sold in Massachusetts and Connecticut must be free of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ by 2027 and 2028

Turnout gear sold in Massachusetts and Connecticut must be free of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ by 2027 and 2028. Similar bill in California is defeated.

  • JohnDClay
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    3 months ago

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per-_and_polyfluoroalkyl_substances

    I guess Teflon is a PFAS. The list of things that use PFASs was very long, I wonder why they went after fire fighting gear early? I couldn’t find any information on an effective alternative. To get the same thermal protection with less effective chemicals would it need to be heavier?

    Edit: I guess the firefighters union is lobbying for getting rid of them, so I’d hope there’d be other effective options available. https://www.iaff.org/pfas/