Increasing scientific and medical evidence shows that exposure to PFOA and PFOS through AFFF is related to multiple types of cancer. If you suspect that your cancer was caused by exposure to AFFF, get in touch with our attorneys, who will file an AFFF lawsuit on your behalf and help you recover the financial compensation you deserve.
AFFF exposure: Qualifying diseases
Besides accumulating in the blood, PFAS accumulate throughout life, especially in the liver and kidneys, increasing the risk of developing cancer. The following are the diseases may qualify you for filing a claim with the manufacturers of AFFF:
Eligibility criteria for filing AFFF exposure claims
The U.S. military used AFFF during firefighter training and during emergencies. AFFF containing PFAS has also been used in various ways by the U.S. Navy, Army, Coast Guard, Air Force, and Marine Corps since 1960.
Those most affected by exposure to AFFF are firefighters who worked in:
Firefighters directly confronted with type B fuel-based fires are at the highest risk:
Different types of firefighting foams
The aqueous film-forming foams are fluorinated substances that are mixed with water to produce an aqueous film that spreads across the surface of a hydrocarbon fuel to extinguish the fire by forming a vapor barrier between the fuel and the oxygen in the atmosphere to prevent reignition. According to the Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council, there are three types of AFFF:
Liable AFFF manufacturers
The AFFF products were designed, marketed, manufactured, distributed, and sold by one or more of the following companies named as defendants in current legal processes:
- 3M Company
- Tyco Fire Products
- Buckeye Fire Equipment
- Chemguard
- Du Pont de Nemours
- The Chemours Company
- Chubb Fire
- Corteva
- National Foam
- Kidde Fire Fighting
- Enterra Corp.
- Williams Holdings
- Dynax Corporation
- UTC Fire & Security America’s Corp.
3M and the other chemical companies are currently facing a growing number of AFFF lawsuits over chemical-based firefighting foam sold for more than 50 years and used extensively at U.S. military bases, airports, and other industrial sites around the country.