BUT IN TOO MANY CASES, FIREFIGHTERS ARE DYING BECAUSE THE GEAR THEY WEAR, THE PROTECTIVE GEAR THEY WEAR GEAR THAT IS TO PROTECT THEM FROM FIRE AND SMOKE IS CAUSING CANCER. AND AS WE’RE ...

The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) has been lobbying for years to change the regulatory standards that have enabled toxins in firefighters’ protective gear and for funding to ...

BOSTON (AP) — Governor Maura Healey signed into law Thursday a bill that would phase out the use of PFAS, a group of toxic industrial compounds, in firefighters’ protective gear. The chemicals ...

The few domestic companies that still make protective gear for health care workers have clamored for federal intervention. But they worry President Trump’s trade war with China won’t help.

Maura Healey signed into law Thursday a bill that would phase out the use of PFAS, a group of toxic industrial compounds, in firefighters’ protective gear. The chemicals — associated with ...