Firefighters, airport workers, and military personnel across the country are currently filing AFFF lawsuits against major chemical manufacturers for exposure to Aqueous Film-Forming Foam. AFFF is a fire-suppression agent that contains chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are… Read More »
Category Archives: AFFF Firefighting Foam and PFAS Exposure
Studies Show AFFF Link to Specific Cancers
AFFF May Lead to Kidney Cancer, Testicular Cancer The National Cancer Institute’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics (DCEG) has published considerable research into the connections between exposure to PFAS, the primary carcinogen in Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF), and specific… Read More »
Studies Show PFAS In AFFF Elevates Cancer Risk for Firefighters
What is AFFF and what are PFAS carcinogens? Aqueous film forming foam is a fire suppressant agent which functions by cooling fire and coating fuel to create a film between fuel and oxygen and prevent further combustion (CRCCare). Used for… Read More »
PFAS Exposure Risks Beyond AFFF
While it is now known that the fire-stopping foam used by firefighters AFFF (Aqueous film-forming foam) contains the carcinogenic synthetic chemicals known as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), exposure to which has caused cancer in firefighters, exposure to this chemical… Read More »