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OAKDALE, Minn. - The last time Amara Strande testified in front of Minnesota lawmakers, her voice was shaky, a side effect of the tumor pressing on her throat and the cancer that had spread through her lungs. It was the fifth time Strande had spoken to state lawmakers in support of legislation to ban a group of toxic chemicals, PFAS, which she blamed for her rare form of liver cancer. She wore a maroon blazer, which covered numerous scars on her body, a legacy of 20 surgeries she underwent after

Minnesota is nearing a future without so-called forever chemicals PFAS in consumer products, after key lawmakers in both chambers of the legislature agreed to include in a budget proposal language banning them.

“I will do all I can to protect mothers from the pain and despair I experienced in the loss of Amara,” Amara’s mother Dana Strande said.

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Minnesota lawmakers want to eliminate potentially dangerous chemicals from everyday products.