Flame retardants in consumer products linked to cancer for first time [Video]

My name is Joe Marchetti. I’m 53 years old. I live in the town of Berkeley, Massachusetts. I’m *** retired deputy chief from the Brockton Massachusetts Fire Department. I was diagnosed with cancer in 2016 and subsequently found out that my cancer would be due to PFAS contamination in my turnover. P stands for P and Poly floy substances. It’s *** really large class of chemicals that have been around for probably 50 to 70 years. They have *** wide variety of properties and they are very useful in manufacturing and in products. It also turns out that they are quite hazardous and so they cause *** variety of health effects from liver effects and endocrine effects. Some of them have been shown to cause cancer and these health effects can take shape at very low concentrations in what we are exposed to and consume. One year after my prostate …