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A firefighter w cancer, a firewife and a nuclear physicist discover the #greatestdeceptionever Think Backdraft meets Radium Girls meets Dark Waters. #PFAS
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….the decades long deception ~ what’s killing our bravest?
When
#backdraft
meets
@radiumgirlsfilm
meets
@DarkWatersMovie
🔥🔥🔥
Series by
@sbartlett4
for
@NatObserver
🇨🇦🇺🇸
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Our son.
Now riding on his dad’s truck,
with his dads shield.
Proud as fuck we are.
Yesterday was my first official shift on Rescue 1. It’s been a goal of mine ever since I was a kid and I got to attach my dads last FF shield to my helmet.
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For four years I kept this hidden.
I’m so grateful for the story to be told. Please leave a rating / comment for the extraordinary work of
@sbartlett4
@NatObserver
on
@ApplePodcasts
🔥
"I had considered taking my own life because the bullying & the shunning was unbearable."
@di_cotter
, a firefighter's wife, connected the dots between soaring cancer among firefighters & PFAS in turnout gear. A vicious campaign to discredit her began.
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These women are handling the most highly fluorinated textile known to science. With ZERO protection. Loaded with PFAS: Firefighter turnout gear. (Recent photo
@LION_Gear
)
Decades of silence till this study published:
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All Firefighter stair climbs should ditch their fire gear like these guys:
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Thank you
@MarkRuffalo
… 🔥💕💕
for always having our back.
Incredibly proud of everyone involved in this gripping documentary
#Burned
—Diane Cotter's valiant fight to bring awareness to harmful PFAS in firefighter turnout gear. It's time for this story to be heard to protect the heroes that protect us.
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You carried us all Rob. God only knows how you did it. A mere mortal would have given up a decade ago.
Hero.
HUGE day - after decades of work,
@EPA
finalizes nationwide enforceable drinking water standards for
#PFAS
#foreverchemicals
:
@Taftlaw
@rightlivelihood
@YaleSPH
@Lesscancer
@DarkWatersMovie
#ExposureBook
@MarkRuffalo
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🔥The fire service is wearing the most highly fluorinated textile known to man.
🔥The groin area is 400% more absorptive when a firefighter is working a job.
🔥
Excellent information from
@CHEMTrust
on endocrine disrupting chemicals, found in sources including plastics, PFAS, fire retardants. Well worth a read to understand some of the risks most of us are exposed to every day
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Thank you
@IAFFPresident
‼️
After a cancer diagnosis led to retirement at 55, my husband, who worked since age 16, in addition to 28 years on the job, makes a mere 600 a month in social security.
Cancer took his livelihood.
WEP is the slap in the face.
🔥🔥🔥🔥 🇺🇸 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Fire fighters and other dedicated public servants deserve a dignified retirement. Let Congress know it’s time to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset.
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Concord NH firefighters to get PFAS-free gear Concord NH firefighters to get PFAS-free gear
@WMUR9
@mrtroylynch
@IAFF1045
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This interview!!!! I listened. It’s SHOCKING what is happening to your water supply. TEN YEARS TOO LATE!! 🔥🔥
"The Environment Agency - the 'Environment' Agency...has just become a tax raising body - it'll charge you for anything it possibly can just to fund itself because it's had its funding withdrawn by government" ~ Guy Singh-Watson speaks his mind 👇
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The Perfect Fire - The Story of the Worcester Fire and the Firefighters Who Died in It
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#intlfirefightersday
🔥 today.. May 4th...
I'm honoring my husband.. who lost the love of his life...his career.
Who has become the face of a horrific finding..
#burned
watch it with your people.
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WE DON'T SIT BACK WHEN OTHER PEOPLE ARE IN TROUBLE !! WE'RE FIREFIGHTERS!! WE TOOK AN OATH TO PUT OUR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR OTHERS!!! AND WE'RE SURE AS HELL GONNA FIGHT FOR EACH OTHER !!! WHEN THEY'RE BEING SCREWED BY A RUTHLESS CORPORATION WITH NO MORALS !!!! ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
Hundreds of fire fighters protest outside
@CopperPointInsu
.
@IAFFofficial
president Ed Kelly minces no words.
#justiceforGilbert
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This is the blueprint for the firefighter personal injury lawsuits.
@ewg
and
@thenewledenews
break down the upcoming firefighter PFAS personal injury lawsuits. The ‘bellwether’ suits are limited to C8 panel study outcomes.
"Thousands of people across the US have filed personal injury claims tied to PFAS exposure so far, with many more claims expected."
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one of my all time favorites..
At
@OversightDems
I asked: Are any of your companies, which were responsible for exposing firefighters, military servicemembers & the American public to harmful
#PFAS
chemicals, planning any type of compensation to harmed victims?
DuPont: No.
Chemours: No.
3M: No.
Shameful.
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New research shows that two types of per-and polyfluroalkyl substances (PFAS), or ‘forever chemicals,’ PFOA, PFOS ,
spurred cancer cells to migrate to new positions in lab and mouse studies, an indication that the chemicals could contribute to cancer metastasis. The work was
New research shows that two types of per-and polyfluroalkyl substances (
#PFAS
), or ‘forever chemicals,’ spurred cancer cells to migrate to new positions in lab and mouse studies, an indication that the chemicals could contribute to cancer metastasis.
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@MarkRuffalo
@MarkRuffalo
so grateful for you now with
@Ethereal__Films
and when you first heard of this heinous issue during your and
@RobertBilott
s
@DarkWatersMovie
campaign.
So incredibly grateful to you all.
Our next generation must hear this message. 🙏💕🔥
@PaulCotterWFD
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@BostonFRU
@marcorandazza
Is it me or does it look like Maura’s people write flexed and the letter was written. They could have expressed their intention without the mention of Maura. Dead giveaway.
You go Shana Cottone.
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A firefighter’s wife and the nasty chemical secret no one wanted to hear | Canada's National Observer: Climate News
@NatObserver
@sbartlett4
#PFAS
👨🚒👩🚒🧑🏾🚒
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Seeing all the leaders like you Alex- passionate about this issue ~ it gives me great hope.. great hope‼️
So proud to be at the United States Capital
@Washington
DC with Diane Cotter and Edward Kelly to show support for the congressional premier of Burned.Righteous battle
@IAFFPresident
@Di_Cotter
@IAFFCanada
@IAFFofficial
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So incredibly grateful for you and everything and everyone you’ve put into to this war
@IAFFPresident
‼️🔥🙏🏼
@IAFFofficial
Fire fighters deserve
#PFAS
free gear.
As we approach FF Cancer Awareness Month,
@People
Magazine shares how
@Di_Cotter
is spreading the word and championing the cause.
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Our son’s Birthday today 🥳‼️🔥
He wears his father’s Maltese Cross on his lid.
#intheblood
#firefamilies
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One of the more debated applications for PFAS-free solutions has been technical
#textiles
such as PPE for 👨🚒🧑🏾🚒👩🚒firefighters and other textiles where functionality is key. But today, there are several safer alternatives available on the market. 🔥
@IAFFofficial
@RobertBilott
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Thank you
@MarkRuffalo
🔥
@PaulCotterWFD
and I are so very proud of 'BURNED' and everyone who is working righteously to value the lives of our firefighters
@Ethereal__Films
@FootpathPics
@RobertBilott
@IAFFPresident
@LastCall_LCF
@jasonjburns1
@NRDC
Sending love to the entire team involved in
#Burned
, making its premiere at ALTS today. I’m proud to serve as a producer of this film that exposes the PFAS encapsulated in firefighter gear. Be sure to follow
@ethereal__films
& sign up for details and updates.
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@RealEmirHan
I’d have a very hard time choosing between Julie Christie and Geraldine Chaplin
#DrZhivago
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@keithedwards
@RobertKennedyJr
@keithedwards
~ to be honest I'm not hearing the language you used in the clip you posted.
I'm hearing RFKjr cite peer reviewed journals that we see from endocrine disrupting chemicals in humans and animals. In the 🔥 service we have an extraordinarily high rate of 🧑🚒 with
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'Firefighter’s hero': Diane Cotter featured in PFAS documentary produced by actor
@MarkRuffalo
via
@telegramdotcom
@BPetrishenTG
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"It's a day I thought I would never see," Rob Bilott said in a press briefing following the EPA's announcement Wednesday of new drinking water standards for several PFAS chemical compounds. "It took us a long time to get here, way too many decades passed. But now we can start
Crusading environmental lawyer praises
@EPA
limits on
#PFAS
#foreverchemicals
"
@Taftlaw
@rightlivelihood
@YaleSPH
@Lesscancer
@DarkWatersMovie
#ExposureBook
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Two kids in love., celebrating another trip around the Sun for the love of my life.. I remember this Hampton Beach road-trip like yesterday.. and I love him like I’m 17 still 💕
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The Yale researchers experimented with two types of PFAS of 2μM, or micrometres, long and 10μM long.
They used exposure levels similar to those often observed in firefighters, who have higher instances of the substances in their blood via the foam they use which contains PFAS for
Exposure to PFAS forever chemicals increases the risk of cancer spreading from one part of the body to another, study finds.
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It’s impossible to define how fiercely
@ewg
championed this cause., and how righteously they lifted activists along the way. 🔥💧🔥💧🔥💧🔥💧🔥💧🔥💧
@EWGPrez
, president,
@ewg
: “More than 200 million Americans could have PFAS in their tap water, and for decades Americans have
Here's what experts and advocates are saying about the EPA's new PFAS regulation:
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So many incredible moments at the premiere of
#burned
@Ethereal__Films
@MarkRuffalo
@IAFFPresident
@IAFFofficial
We’ve come a long way baby. 🔥
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Dear
@HaroldWimmer
and
@LungAssociation
This pains me deeply to say this.. because the intention could not be more RIGHTEOUS, and I absolutely LOVE the look of this badassery... that said.. here's the ugly truth:
The 🧑🚒gear is LOADED with the carcinogen PFOA ☠️ (it's made
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Toxic exposure concerns in the military: Major study links a PFAS chemical to testicular cancer
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I was 17 years old when I met the love of my life. Lord knows we had no idea what the universe held for us.
When I tell you I would move heaven and earth for this man you can believe it.
I love him still like I am 17.
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How the wife of a former
@WorcesterFD1009
firefighter became the loudest voice in the push to remove toxic chemicals from turnout gear
@RepMcGovern
and
@SenMikeMoore
this annoying woman could not be prouder of you. 🔥💞
@SpecNews1Worc
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I’ve never known a more righteous labor leader.
@IAFFPresident
has accomplished incredible feats in 28 months- with impossible odds.. during Covid- he has changed the status quo of labor leaders. No other leader has taken on industry for killing his members.
PFFPNC proudly endorses Ed Kelly 4
@IAFFPresident
. Since elected President of
@IAFFofficial
, he’s worked tirelessly to improve the lives of IAFF members, especially here in NC where he helped pass presumptive cancer legislation for FireFighters. Join us & support
#KELLY4PRESIDENT
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This is prostate cancer.
This is the reality.
This is John Lord. He speaks for the thousands of men like my husband who endure this humiliating disease.
It’s what has driven me to fight with everything I have.
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True 👇
There was one leader. She came with no credentials. And she build an army.
BAD CHEMISTRY: Firefighters in Aurora, across the country struggle with carcinogenic gear
“You always hear about the dangers. You just never think it’s going (to) be you”
#COpolitics
#PFAS
#NoPaywall
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..healthy living through
@DuPont_New
science..
River Wyre, Lancashire: our samples revealed this scum flowing liberally into this 'protected' river contains a terrifying amount of carcinogenic, banned PFOA & other PFAS types, not yet banned, but linked by the EA to health & fertility issues. More at👇
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@JaneMayerNYer
Those hearings were stunning. She was flawless. In those moments he showed us who he was.
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DERMAL ABSORPTION STUDY OF PFAS FROM FIREFIGHTER TURNOUT GEAR ON A HAIRLESS MOUSE from
@LastCall_LCF
Downloadable at Last Call:
Peaslee/Lappi
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@leanahosea
When Diane’s husband, Paul Cotter, was diagnosed with prostate cancer at the age of 55, they were surprised and wondered if it was related to his job as a firefighter. Then, Paul began getting calls from firefighters at his station in Worcester, Mass. — all of them with prostate
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U.S. Firefighters Impacted by Toxic Exposures Meet in Washington DC
@RepMcGovern
@senatorShaheen
@SenMarkey
@SenWarren
@IAFFPresident
@IAFF1stDVP
@7thdistrictIAFF
@jasonburns1
@wind_susan
@RobertBilott
@SerraRob
@StelBailey
@RSQTEK
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This is a new
@IAFFofficial
- with a leader that we haven't seen since-well, 20 years.
@IAFFPresident
~ you have set the bar high for labor leaders to become involved in environment and science. You take advocacy to a whole new level..
Thank you for saying my name.
Humbled
d
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And this ladies and gentlemen, is what a leader and his team does.
God speed
@IAFFPresident
and your incredible team at
@IAFFofficial
🔥💕
"We need to combat what is killing us. Cancer is the number one killer of fire fighters, and for years, corporate interests have put profits over our lives. It stops now. This initiative will accelerate our search for PFAS-free gear." –
@IAFFPresident
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Remember when
@EPA
told 9/11 first responders the air was safe? This is happening right now in OH & PA
@SerraRob
@RayPfeiferFDTN
@Tunnel2Towers
@ASP
@RepMcGovern
@EJinAction
@wind_susan
@bydavidsteinman
@IAFFPresident
@GovMikeDeWine
@GovShapiro
@GovernorShapiro
Please sign
Hello friends. Let’s all pitch in to lend a hand to our fellows in East Palestine, Ohio to make sure the governments of Ohio and Pennsylvania ensure that they are safe and healthy from this horrible incident of no fault of their own.
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@ShawnForGeorgia
Shawn, MTG voted against protecting firefighters from PFAS recently.
Firefighters gear is made with staggering amounts of the killer carcinogen. Industry knew and hid firefighters rise of cancer deaths behind products of combustion..
i want to show you why we need you to
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This is why a group of us, called
@FightDirtyOrg
are taking the government to court over its multiple failures to protect people and ecosystems from hazardous chemicals, beginning with its outrageous refusal to test or regulate the many toxins being spread on farmland in sewage
'The more we learn, the more we realise how dangerous chemicals approved without proper testing & consideration can be.'
As
@ErinBrockovich
puts it, 'do the study first' don't release a chemical then work out a few years later it causes cancer.
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This study examines effects of PFAS in male and female reproductive systems.
👩🚒👨🚒🧑🏾🚒 please read.
Infertility has been linked to PFAS and other toxic chemicals. Isn't it time to ban chemicals that can lead to infertility?
Read the study:
Learn more about PFAS on Little Things Matter homepage:
#MensHealth
#healthyliving
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•The new standard addresses restricted substances such as PFAS in a meaningful way with improved testing methods.
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Mass. lawmakers join plea to join suit against fire gear makers - 👨🚒👩🚒🧑🏾🚒PFAS
#burned
@telegramdotcom
It urges
@MassAGO
to investigate whether the makers of the gear violated the state’s prohibition on unfair and deceptive trade practices.
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I just heard
@cbcallinaday
podcast w
@IAFFofficial
Health &Science Director
@NeilMcMillan162
🔥.. if you don’t understand the firefighter 🧑🏾🚒 👩🚒👨🚒PFAS Exposure Phenomenon this is your go quick to listen🔥
@fireengineering
@BillyGoldfeder
@OPFFAHealth
@ASP
@WATERSHED_i
@ewg
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“I worked relentlessly for years to engage (former AG)
@maura_healey
to file suit against manufacturers,” Cotter said, alleging former AG “chose her political career over Mass firefighters and taxpayers.
She chose to do nothing about the turnout gear.”
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I’m heartbroken for her.
I believe her. It saddens me to know she went to all the right people to tell her story to and was dismissed.
Worcester do better.
Proactive vs reactive is the only approach.
By and away the best work I’ve done and frankly the scariest to publish. But last night we corrected the record on a story Heather was made to carry by herself since she was 9 years old. Worcester has protected a child rapist for decades.
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An increasing number of states are expected to propose broader restrictions on PFAS than ever before. This year, states are moving beyond restricting PFAS in one sector, such as food packaging, toward a broader range of applications and sectors. Further, the analysis projects an
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We could not be prouder of the many discussions and opportunities from this magnificent day ‼️🔥💕‼️🔥💕
1/2 Earlier today Senator Mike Moore hosted a screening of “Burned, Protecting the Protectors” at the State House to further educate elected officials on the hazards of PFAS exposure on FF health.
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🔥“The NIST study confirms that our bunker gear — the very gear meant to keep us safe — is full of toxic PFAS chemicals,” said
@IAFFofficial
@IAFFPresident
to the
@PhillyInquirer
@barbaralaker
@dgambacorta
@SenatorShaheen
@RepBrianFitz
@RepMcGovern
“Corporate interests and
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Outstanding work Canada 🇨🇦 ‼️🔥
New Guidance Note on
#PFAS
in the
#fire
service. Employers should use a risk/benefit analysis & the hierarchy of controls to determine if products containing PFAS can be substituted, eliminated or have their use reduced.
@IAFFofficial
@IAFFCanada
@opffa
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Some years back when I first met Dr Laura Facciolo, author on the study, and member of Mammas Against PFAS 🇮🇹 I was gobsmacked to learn she
was selling Lemmon cakes outside of church to help fund the work of her group… this is how activists must battle
@AmChemistry
machine.
"PFAS increase likelihood of death by cardiovascular disease, study shows
"In a first, researchers were able to compare records of people who drank polluted water in Veneto, Italy, with neighbors who did not"
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🎤
Last night the crew and cast members of the documentary “Burned” had a screening for members of Congress at the Capitol.
If you haven’t seen it - it’s a film that discuss the heavy levels of PFAS in our turnout gear and Diane Cotter’s efforts to educate the fire service about
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Brilliant article
@fastlerner
Just learned that the FAA is finally allowing PFAS-free firefighting foam! That was a loooong wait. Especially for the folks who developed fluorine-free foam more 20 years ago!
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I wish to state how grateful I am to the righteous PFAS activists, cientists, laborers environmentalists, the new IAFF, Ed Kelly, & macdaddy Rob Bilott who pursued the EPA actions on PFOA and PFOS for TWENTY YEARS.
I stand in awe of mere mortals against the institutional
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Met my dear friend and … bridesmaid from 1982 ‼️ She’s as gorgeous inside as she is outside 💕🔥 A reunion 40 years in the making.
Oh!! And my sweater you ask?
I knit 🧶it 20 years ago from a
@voguemagazine
pattern 🔥 ‼️
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These women are handling the most highly fluorinated textile known to science. Firefighter turnout gear. This is from the new
@LION_Gear
3 part series in FE.
@RobertBilott
@MarkRuffalo
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Latest deep-dive article on the
@NIST
PFAS in PPE study. I am so profoundly grateful to
@SenatorShaheen
and her staff for pushing this though in 2019. It took two years of efforts but we got it done.
@iainhoey
@IFSJournal2020
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@fastlerner
This is one hell of an article. So right on it hurts. 🔥🔥🔥
New: From a powerful chemical industry that helped write the toxic substances law to an underfunded EPA lacking in resolve, the flaws in the American chemical regulatory apparatus run deep.
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Listen in‼️
@IAFFPresident
breaks down the ‘next generation’ gear.
@RobertBilott
breaks down the PFAS lawsuits and
@IAFFofficial
🥊
#dannywhu
breaks down just how toxic your gear really is.
@DrCabanMartinez
@fcifightscancer
#PFAS
#firefighters
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Our story in this week’s
@people
by
@Johnny_Dodd
with
@PaulCotterWFD
@MarkRuffalo
@Ethereal__Films
🔥🔥🔥
Firefighter's Cancer Leads Wife to Discovery of Toxic Gear Killing Heroes Across U.S.: ‘It’s Infuriating’
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Great interview
@paulmrand
@LindaBirnbaum1
🔥‼️🔥‼���
In the fire services only the manufacturers and
@AmChemistry
alumni are still claiming PFAS Is essential.. as recently as this month.. to er, um , protect 👨🚒🧑🏾🚒👩🚒
The dangers of PFAS "forever chemicals" are all around us—from the pans we cook with, to the water we drink. On
@BigBrainsUC
, Linda Birnbaum of
@UNCpublichealth
explains how these substances are infiltrating our bodies and affecting our health.
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Excellent article on the ‘essential use’ campaign of industry. In the fire service our gear manufacturers promulgated essential use of PFAS in turnout gear .. the only stakeholders that weren’t aware of course was the end user.
We now have PFAS free gear due to savage activism
You may have heard the terms 'non-essential' or 'avoidable' used a lot when referring to uses of
#chemicals
. But what does it really mean?
Our new blog reviews the
#EssentialUse
concept & how can it help address the chemical pollution crisis 👇
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… there’s no greater warrior than YOU
@IAFFPresident
.. Until your reign ~ the perps of the great deception led the diabolical dialogue on causation.
For TWENTY years
@AmChemistry
perps wrote the rules for America’s Bravest to digest on their cancers. While they hid the real
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“PFAS & BUNKER GEAR”
🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
April 2024
@FDICevent
NFPA Restricted Substances Task Group member Jim Reidy will be presenting the following:
The emotion and rhetoric regarding PFAS in our bunker gear, how it gets there, and what it does to the firefighter have been
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From PPE Expert
@JeffKnobbe
:
PFAS FREE TURNOUT GEAR GEAR FULLL SET NOW AVAILABLE:
@RobertBilott
@LastCall_FDN
@IAFFofficial
@IAFC
@NVFC
@fireengineering
@IFSJournal2020
@TheSecretList
@firenation
@fbunational
@FSRI_org
@NewEnglandFOOLS
@CrackylM
Well, it’s been a long
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There is just so much we never knew in here!!
A web of deception, secrecy, co-opted politicians, coerced regulators & attempts to discredit scientists whose work threatens chemical firms' bottom line - this week's episode of The Poison Detectives, featuring
@Di_Cotter
@RobertBilott
& Linda Birnbaum
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“We need to combat what is killing us,” said
@IAFFPresident
. “Cancer is the number one killer of fire fighters, and for years, corporate interests have put profits over our lives. It stops now.
#PFAS
@Ethereal__Films
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Ever wonder why you never had a
#prop65
label in your gear?
You have ‘product labels’ in your turnout gear. You have never seen a ‘Prop 65 label. This is why. Manufacturers decided against it for you. Imagine if you ever saw a ‘Prop 65 Warning’ next to your junk? Wouldn’t you
How FEMSA Lobbied For NO Warning Labels In Your Gear and Voted In ‘No Warning Labels’ into a
@NFPA
1971 Standard. | by Diane Cotter | Medium
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Check out the TWO lawsuits
@AGWilliamTong
filed against PFAS AFFF makers!!
MEDIA ADVISORY
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG TO ANNOUNCE MAJOR NEW LITIGATION REGARDING HARM TO CONNECTICUT’S PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
WHERE: Building 5, Connecticut Fire Academy, 34 Perimeter Road, Windsor Locks
WHEN: 11 a.m., Thursday, January 25
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AND... THIS !!! THIS IS WHAT LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE... 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Early
#cancer
screenings are critical. Whether you’re a fire fighter or not, get checked today!
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Taxpayers’ money pumped into companies that produce PFAS, despite health and environmental warnings..
In one case, firefighter Paul Cotter from Worcester, Massachusetts, had been celebrating his promotion to lieutenant when routine blood tests found worrying levels of PSA, a
Environment Agency: PFAS is bad and it's everywhere, it's linked to cancer and it's polluting our rivers and seas.
Also Environment Agency: let's invest pension fund money in PFAS companies!
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🔥🔥🔥
“We are getting diagnosed with more aggressive cancers at later stage 😞😞”
Please listen to this 7 minute explosive explanation from
@fbunational
@RiccardoLaT0rre
@ToxicsFree
@IAFFPresident
@ToxicologyChick
@NeilMcMillan162
@RobertBilott
@EWGPrez
@DrCabanMartinez
We demand action: 🔴Prevention 🔴Health Monitoring & 🔴Legislation to properly protect & support firefighters from occupational cancers that are killing us & making us ill far too often & far too young. We are decades behind other parts of the world on this. Support
#FBUDecon
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There’s our secret weapon
@tissa38
who’s been leading the firefighter PFAS exposure campaign long before wifey.
Mick produced this study. He has a fascinating story to tell🔥on how he protected Australia from the AFFF that poisoned his fieries and the nation.
Firefighter
#PFAS
exposure reduction via plasma & blood 🩸 donation impacts ....
@fireengineering
@Di_Cotter
@floridaFFsafety
@IAFC_SHS
@RealBritaHorn
@PIOMarkBrady
@5AlarmTaskForce
@ScienceAllianc3
@BillyGoldfeder
@IAFFofficial
@1stresponderctr
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This trailer is shocking .
And I thought I couldn’t be shocked anymore 🌏🔥💧
Proud to be a part of this new film on the worldwide
#PFAS
#foreverchemicals
problem:
@insidefilm
‘Revealed: How To Poison A Planet’ (Trailer) - via
@intent
/follow?source=followbutton
@Taftlaw
@MarkRuffalo
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1. Dr Hamrock is THE macdaddy of firefighter cancer. If he speaks reps need to listen.
2.
@PFFNH
knows their shit on this subject. They are dying in droves. They must have the testing.
3. I’ve got a brand new set of PFAS saturated turnout gear for
@TeamEricaNH
~ to wear
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… “I’d had this firefighter, body building husband that you know, looked like
@TheRock
that was attached to a catheter bag and now looked like Grizzly Adams, had slipped into a deep depression”
One day
@PaulCotterWFD
@WorcesterFD1009
got the phone call that started bringing him
We’ve launched an exciting new podcast today — The Poison Detectives — produced by Sandra Bartlett, who brought us the award-winning podcast The Salmon People.
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Immediately, upon entering that plea by Senator Mike Moore , 100 lawmakers signed on in one week to sue the PFAS gear manufacturers ~ contrast that with my five years war with Maura Healy, who took her cues from a captured union leader, and stood down on this issue -
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Giving in one sentence, and taking away in another. Declining to act definitively on irrefutable evidence. Proceduralism at the expense of firefighters’ health.
@fbunational
@RiccardoLaT0rre
‘Scientific reports commissioned by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU)
@fbunational
found that instances of cancer among firefighters aged 35 to 39 are up to 323 per cent higher than in the general population in the same age category.’
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@boston25
What a terrible decision to uproot the programs here for the kids. Surely
@MassGovernor
could have carried through and coordinated a plan for these programs as well. “They (kids programs) have to find someplace else temporarily” is NOT leadership.
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Wow I remember making this commercial at
@FDICevent
with
@NDscience
#grahampeaslee
and
@PaulCotterWFD
.
@BobbyHalton
@frankriccidc
@PJNorwood
and
@fireengineering
so righteously pushing the boundaries of the fire service embrace by big chem.
.
@NDPhysics
Prof. Graham Peaslee has found alarming amounts of PFAS in firefighter gear. These chemicals have been linked to elevated rates of cancer.
Now he's sharing his results with firefighters across the country and fighting to protect the brave:
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Honored to announce that
@Ethereal__Films
director Elijah Yetter Bowman has received the
@theNASEM
@ericschmidt
and
@wenschmidt
Award for Excellence in Science Communications for ‼️🎥🔥🎉
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What an honor to be with my two longtime heroes
‼️🔥
@IAFFPresident
@wpgfirefighter
🔥‼️
So proud to be at the United States Capital
@Washington
DC with Diane Cotter and Edward Kelly to show support for the congressional premier of Burned.Righteous battle
@IAFFPresident
@Di_Cotter
@IAFFCanada
@IAFFofficial
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A magnificent piece on firefighters- PFAS- exposures, Jeff Burgess study., etc. great work
@ClaraMigoya
Arizona scientists and firefighters work together to reduce exposure to PFAS, detect cancer early.
Maricopa's fire chief: “If we continue down the same path that we were in the 80s and 90s with the information that we have now, then shame on us.”
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