Bill > H370

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AN ACT TO FORBID USE OF FIREFIGHTING FOAMS CONTAINING PFAS CHEMICALS FOR FIREFIGHTING TRAINING OR TESTING PURPOSES. Whereas, communities around the State are facing threats to their drinking water sources and the health of their citizens due to per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); and Whereas, one of the major sources of this contamination is certain firefighting foams, and in particular the firefighting foams used to fight petroleum fires, called aqueous film forming foam (AFFF); and Whereas, PFAS contamination is strongly linked to cancer, thyroid problems, reproductive system damage, and impairment to children's growth and development; and Whereas, cancer is now the leading cause of line-of-duty deaths for firefighters, causing 66 percent of such deaths between 2002 and 2019; and Whereas, less toxic alternatives to AFFF containing PFAS have been developed and are in use at airports, refineries in military applications, and by local fire departments around the world; Now, therefore,

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Mike Clampitt (R)*,  Ted Davis (R)*,  Kyle Hall (R)*,  Jason Saine (R)*,  Vernetta Alston (D),  Mary Belk (D),  Brian Biggs (R),  Gloristine Brown (D),  Maria Cervania (D),  Rosa Gill (D),  Pricey Harrison (D),  Chris Humphrey (R),  Neal Jackson (R),  Ray Jeffers (D),  Joe John (D),  Jake Johnson (R),  Donnie Loftis (R),  Carolyn Logan (D),  Tim Longest (D),  Marvin Lucas (D),  Nasif Majeed (D),  Charlie Miller (R),  Ben Moss (R),  Howard Penny (R),  Ray Pickett (R),  Reece Pyrtle (R),  Bill Ward (R),  Harry Warren (R),  Diane Wheatley (R),  Donna White (R),  David Willis (R),  Matthew Winslow (R),  Michael Wray (D), 

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