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Florida’s New PFAS Ban Is a Final Admission: Your Cancer Was Preventable For decades, the firefighters of Tampa Fire Rescue and first responders across Hillsborough County were told their gear was safe. You stood on the front lines at Tampa International Airport and MacDill Air Force Base, using Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) to suppress fuel fires, believing the only risk was the heat. We now know that was a lie. Florida’s new state mandate, CS/HB 1230, taking effect next week, effectively acknowledges what chemical manufacturers have known since the 1970s: the “forever chemicals” in that foam cause cancer. By banning these foams for training as of July 1, 2026, and forcing a total phase-out by 2029, the state is finally putting a name to the poison that has devastated so many local families. If you have been diagnosed with kidney cancer, testicular cancer, or non-Hodgkin lymphoma after years of service or living near a contaminated site, this law is the evidentiary milestone we have been waiting for. It sets a new standard of care that proves these substances were never reasonably safe for human exposure. You are not a statistic; you are a victim of corporate greed. Our toxic tort…