Fire Fighting Foam Lawsuit Alleges Toxic Chemicals Led To Two Cancer Diagnoses
A North Carolina firefighter says he had to battle cancer twice due to 25 years of exposure to widely used film-forming foams used to fight fires.…
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A North Carolina firefighter says he had to battle cancer twice due to 25 years of exposure to widely used film-forming foams used to fight fires.…
Defense funding legislation for the upcoming year includes provisions calling for the phase-out of some types of firefighter foam linked to toxic chemicals and cancer risks.…
New York is preparing to ban the burning of aqueous film-forming foam at a hazardous waste disposal facility, due to concerns it releases toxic, potentially cancer-causing, fumes into nearby communities.…
Years of exposure to AFFF foam used to fight fires led to the development of prostate cancer, according to a firefighter’s lawsuit.…
A class action lawsuit filed by New York firefighters calls for chemical companies to pay for medical monitoring for those exposed to aqueous film-forming foam, which they say contains toxic chemicals which increase the risk of cancer and other ailments.…
Firefighting foam lawsuits are now being investigated due to links to an increased risk of cancer which manufacturers knew or should have known about for decades.…
A firefighter film-forming foam lawsuit claims use of the chemicals resulted in water contamination, health problems and illnesses in the areas surrounding some military bases.…
Workers at a medical device warehouse in Georgia have filed a lawsuit against Sterigenics and ConMed, saying they were unwittingly exposed to high levels of a toxic, cancer-causing gas.…
A class action lawsuit calls for Braun Medical to provide medical monitoring and compensation for those living around its Allentown facility, indicating that residents and workers were exposed to high levels of cancer-causing ethyline oxide gas leaks.…
The EPA will fail to meet a June 22 deadline for final risk evaluations for 10 chemicals of concern, including asbestos, the agency’s administrator told Congress this week.…