Study Links 'Forever Chemicals' to Testicular Cancer in Military Personnel
Government response is 'completely unacceptable,' says co-chair of congressional PFAS Task Force
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Government response is 'completely unacceptable,' says co-chair of congressional PFAS Task Force
Military and civilian firefighters are diagnosed with testicular cancer at higher rates than most people.
A new federal study for the first time shows a direct association between PFOS, a PFAS chemical, found in the blood of thousands of military personnel a...
The military first documented health concerns surrounding chemicals known as PFAS decades ago yet has continued to use firefighting foam made with them. Despite scores of lawsuits by its personnel and high rates of testicular cancer among troops, it has been slow to investigate a connection.
Gary Flook served in the Air Force for 37 years, as a firefighter at the now-closed Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois and the former Grissom Air Force Base in Indiana, where he regularly trained with aqueous film forming foam, or AFFF — a frothy white fire retardant that is highly effective but now known to be toxic.