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Assembly committee urges federal research and legal remedies on PFAS exposure in resolution AR156

Committee on Oversight, Reform and Federal Regulations · October 17, 2024
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Summary

Committee released AR156, a resolution asking Congress to authorize research into PFAS effects and to provide legal remedies for exposed victims; sponsor cited PFAS in firefighter turnout gear and potential links to cancer and water contamination.

The Assembly Committee on Oversight voted to release AR156, a resolution requesting that the federal government offer legal remedies to people exposed to per‑ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and incentivize research into their health effects.

Clerk read the resolution into the record. Sponsor Assemblyman Zimmerman told the committee AR156 seeks federal authorization of research…

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