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Alaska Dispatch News on 2024-05-20 21:21

Alaska lawmakers approve bill ending use of firefighting foams with ‘forever chemicals’

The approved bill is lawmakers’ second attempt in two years to phase out use of substances containing PFAS compounds that have polluted many waterways.

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