{"id":228111,"date":"2025-12-31T01:29:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T07:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/simple-wipe-test-reveals-hidden-pfas-contamination-on-firefighter-protective-gear"},"modified":"2025-12-31T01:29:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T07:29:55","slug":"simple-wipe-test-reveals-hidden-pfas-contamination-on-firefighter-protective-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/simple-wipe-test-reveals-hidden-pfas-contamination-on-firefighter-protective-gear","title":{"rendered":"Simple wipe test reveals hidden PFAS contamination on firefighter protective gear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/simple-wipe-test-reveals-hidden-pfas-contamination-on-firefighter-protective-gear.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The flames die down. The sirens fade. Firefighters peel off their gear, thinking the danger has passed. But in the quiet aftermath, another enemy lingers, an invisible film of \u201cforever chemicals\u201d clinging to jackets, pants and masks.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, have developed a way to see what the eye cannot.<\/p>\n<p>A simple wipe test detected invisible cancer-linked \u201cforever chemicals\u201d on every set of firefighter gear examined, including breathing masks, according to new research from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. The non-destructive method offers fire departments a practical way to identify and reduce exposure to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), chemicals tied to increased cancer risk that can linger on gear long after a fire is out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The flames die down. The sirens fade. Firefighters peel off their gear, thinking the danger has passed. But in the quiet aftermath, another enemy lingers, an invisible film of \u201cforever chemicals\u201d clinging to jackets, pants and masks. Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, have developed [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}