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How Much Exposure to AFFF Is Safe?

Firefighters spraying AFFF

Even as the hazards of PFAS (the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in AFFF) became hot topics at manufacturing headquarters, the public was not warned of the hazards associated with PFAS exposure. Firefighters who reflect on the early days of AFFF…

AFFF Terms and Acronyms: What Do They Mean?

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Fire foam acronyms hold a lot more meaning than what’s offered at face value, especially to firefighters and their families suffering the effects of exposure. Countless service members and firefighters spent their careers reciting acronyms for aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF)…