Bill Would Give Medical Care for Firefighters’ PFAS Exposure (1)

Any firefighter exposed to “forever chemicals” in the foam used to extinguish fires on military bases who becomes ill would get government-paid medical care under a bill to be introduced in Congress Wednesday.

The ‘‘Protecting Firefighters from PFAS Act” that Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) will introduce would fill a gap that could leave civilian firefighters without health care, Kildee told Bloomberg Law.

The bill would guarantee both military and civilian firefighters working on military bases and their families health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs if they are exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and contract certain illnesses. The ...