NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Legislation in the City Council would ban chemicals known as PFAS that are used widely in FDNY gear and have been linked to cancer.<\/p>\n
City Council Member Joann Ariola has introduced the four-bill package to ensure the FDNY phases out gear with PFAS by 2028. The legislation was set to be discussed at a City Council hearing on Monday.<\/p>\n
Since the 1970s, the chemicals have been used to provide heat and water resistance in clothing. But New York State has banned the sale of certain PFAS to protect consumers.<\/p>\n
However, the so-called \u201cforever chemicals\u201d are still in firefighting gear used by the FDNY, according to Ariola.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew York State is a non-PFAS state, so if you even want to order boots to go out in the rain with, if they have PFAS, you can’t have them ordered to New York,\u201d she said. \u201cYet we have our firefighters wearing full gear that contain PFAS.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said the chemicals are in \u201cabsolutely everything that they\u2019re using, especially their bunker gear and their boots.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to phasing out PHAS, her legislation would notify firefighters if their gear contained the chemicals, set up yearly health screenings to check for them, and make sure the impacted gear is collected and disposed of.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is so important to protect our protectors,\u201d Ariola said. \u201cThey’re going out every single day protecting us from fires embodied in some gear that could possibly cause them harm.\u201d<\/p>\n
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