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“San Francisco’s fire department is set to become the largest in the country to phase out ‘forever chemicals’ in firefighting gear, officials said Thursday.
With cancer surpassing heart disease as the leading cause of line-of-duty deaths for firefighters in recent years, researchers and advocates have increasingly raised alarms about the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in their protective equipment.
These chemicals have known links to certain types of cancer, cardiovascular disease, birth defects and other health problems.” …