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Minnesota firefighters are pushing the state to ban certain flame-retardant chemicals. 

They say those chemicals contribute to high cancer rates among firefighters. 

But efforts to pass a ban have stalled in the Minnesota House.  

MPR's Phil Picardi spoke with Dr. Susan Shaw, director and founder of the Marine & Environmental Research Institute in Blue Hill, Maine. Shaw, who has studied the connection between flame retardants and cancer, is in town to testify at the Legislature about the issue.

Some say those chemicals contribute to high cancer rates among firefighters. But efforts to pass a ban have stalled in the Minnesota House.

Minnesota firefighters are pushing the state to ban certain flame-retardant chemicals. They say those chemicals contribute to high cancer rates among firefighters. But efforts to pass a ban have stalled in the Minnesota House.  MPR's Phil Picardi spoke with Dr. Susan Shaw, who's studied the connection between flame retardants and cancer. She's in town to testify at the legislature about the issue.

Firefighters push ban on flame-retardant chemicals

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