Despite being gradually phased out, the toxic chemicals are still found in products like household cookware, waterproof jackets, stain-resistant carpets and food packaging, experts say.
He said they all regularly used PFAS chemical foam while firefighting and in domestic duties at fire stations, with no warnings of risk and no protective clothing provided.
The Fire Brigade Employees Union wants fire stations across NSW audited and free blood tests provided to firefighters, like their Victorian counterparts.Mr Zipper wants PFAS chemicals to be banned in Australia once and for all. "We used to spray it around at Christmas time because it looked like snow and the kids would run through it."Some studies from the United States and Europe have connected PFAS exposure to diseases such as cancer, but there isEpidemiologist Professor Martyn Kirk from the Australian National University, said studies of the health impacts showed declining concentration of PFAS in people's blood.
"It would have been and has been pervasive and we are and have been as a society trying to phase it out."A spokesperson for the NSW Environment Protection Authority said PFAS firefighting foam was banned for use in NSW in 2021 except in catastrophic circumstances.
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