Minnesotans call it “Amara’s law” – named Amara strand.
From this year, it is America’s strict state law policing ownerKnown as compounds “Chemicals forever“They are found in everyday products such as non-stick cookware and Cosmetics And is associated with childhood cancer and other health issues.
“It is in products. It is in animals. It is in the air. It is in the air. It is in water. It is in fish.” “And we all need to think about ways to come in contact with PFA and reduce PFA.”
Strande was 20 years old and dying of liver cancer when she testified to state MPs in 2023.
“PFAS has created a public health crisis that harassed my community for nearly 60 years,” Strand said during his testimony.
The new law of Minnesota will be reduced, then by 2032 will eliminate the manufacture and sale of non -PFAS products. 3m, a multinational corporation Headquarters, PFAs, near Miniapolis, developed and built them for decades. According to the state, PFAS waste, left in landfill, launched in local groundwater.
Strand testified, “3 meters cancer water became a joke in my high school.”
There is no definite evidence that PFAS caused Strande cancer, but its culprits motivated MPs to work.
Michael and Nora Strand, Amara’s father and sister, sees the law as his legacy.
Nora said, “She had a drive as if no one else knows.”
Michael said, “She was not interested in being an opponent. She was interested in resolving the issue.”
3M told CBS News that it “… supports the regulations based on the best available science and established regulatory practices”. The company said it would stop production of PFA by the end of this year and agreed to pay $ 850 million to the PFAS clean-up to the state.
“A person can make a difference. You just wish to fight a good fight,” Michael said.
Strand died five weeks before the bill was enacted.
