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“MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — State legislators are working to increase regulations on PFAS, or ‘forever chemicals,’ with Rep. Joe Bustos of Mount Pleasant proposing legislation after his wife’s battle with cancer.
Rep. Joe Bustos of District 112 is sponsoring the bill following his wife Kathy’s diagnosis of multiple myeloma, a bone marrow cancer linked to PFAS exposure.
‘Certainly, Kathy’s experience, while you can’t absolutely say it was because of that, you can’t absolutely say it wasn’t either,’ Bustos said.
PFAS are man-made chemicals used in water-resistant products and have been found on military bases and in South Carolina waterways. The Bustos family moved from one military base to another for 24 years during his Army service.”…