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Budget & Finance Committee backs plan to phase out PFAS in firefighters' turnout gear
Summary
The committee voted to forward an ordinance to the full Board that would require the San Francisco Fire Department to stop providing or using personal protective equipment containing intentionally added PFAS by June 30, 2026, and to report regularly on progress. Supporters cited firefighter cancer risks and a $2.3 million FEMA grant that offsets replacement costs.
San Francisco—s Budget & Finance Committee on May 1 advanced an ordinance to the full Board that would phase out per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in firefighters— personal protective gear by June 30, 2026.
Board President Aaron Peskin, sponsor of the ordinance, told the committee the measure would make the city "the first city in the country to ban cancer-causing chemicals from our firefighters' personal protective gear." He said the legislation sets a timeline and a labor-management process for implementing a phase-out and requires regular reports back to the Board and Fire…
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