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Indigenous fire management (10,000 years of success)
↓ 🚫 BANNED BY COLONIZERS (1800s)
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100 years of fire suppression ("10 AM Policy" - 1935)
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Massive fuel buildup + Climate change acceleration
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MEGAFIRES — 10M+ acres/year burning
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Burning homes release PFAS from products
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Fight fires with PFAS foam, wearing PFAS gear
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PFAS contaminates soil, water, air, food, dust
98%
Americans with PFAS in blood
6,800+
Cancer deaths/yr (undercount)
17
States with "Do Not Eat"
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Wildlife contaminated "globally"
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"DO NOT EAT" advisory — Released THANKSGIVING MORNING
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Study documents 6,800 cancer deaths/year (undercounted)
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Chemical lobbyists express "expensive concerns"
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STUDY "RE-EVALUATED" for "population groundswell mitigation"
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"How many deaths?" → "What deaths?"
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