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Meeting these guidelines does not mean you have a valid claim. It means a participating law firm is likely to review it. That firm decides on its own whether to take your case. Some claims are turned down, and some recover nothing. Direct2Attorney cannot judge the legal merits of your case, give legal advice, or file anything for you.
Most people underestimate it. Twenty years of tap water beside a base can matter as much as handling the foam. A free review sorts it out in about two minutes.
— Educational
PFAS stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. They are a family of thousands of man-made chemicals built around a carbon-fluorine bond — one of the strongest bonds in chemistry. That strength is the whole problem. These chemicals do not break down. Not in soil, not in water, and not in people. That is why they are called forever chemicals.
AFFF is one source, not the only one. Aqueous film-forming foam smothers fuel fires and was standard at military bases, airports, refineries and fire training grounds from the 1960s onward. It is loaded with PFAS. When it soaked into the ground it reached the groundwater and turned up decades later in the tap water of houses miles away.
PFAS also came from chemical plants that made or used these compounds, discharging them into rivers and air. Communities downstream have been drinking them for decades.
Once PFAS enters a person it stays for years and builds up with each new exposure. In 2024 the EPA set the first enforceable national limits for PFOA and PFOS at 4 parts per trillion — the strictest drinking water standard the agency has ever issued.
Direct, repeated contact — especially during training drills, where foam was discharged again and again with little protection.
The larger group by far. Farmers, teachers, retirees, children who grew up in an affected town — ordinary people who simply drank what came out of the tap.
| Condition | Strength | What to Know |
|---|---|---|
| Kidney cancer | Strongest | The injury chosen for the first personal injury trial. Best-supported claim in the litigation. |
| Testicular cancer | Strongest | Research on service members has found a significant link with PFAS exposure. |
| Thyroid cancer | Recognized | Included in the court’s narrowed list; expert challenges have been briefed. |
| Liver cancer | Recognized | Added after the court held dedicated sessions on the science. |
| Thyroid disease | Recognized | Includes hypothyroidism. Non-cancer, but accepted in the trial pool. |
| Ulcerative colitisr | Recognized | The one digestive condition on the list, supported by earlier PFAS health studies. |
— Compensation
If a claim succeeds, compensation is meant to cover what the illness has cost you — in money, in work, and in life. Here is what these claims typically seek.
— The process
You do not need water testing data or service records to begin. Tell us where you were and the firm does the rest.
Fill out the short form or call. How you were exposed, where, roughly how long, and what you were diagnosed with. It takes about two minutes and costs nothing.
If your situation fits, we connect you with a participating law firm. That firm decides on its own whether to represent you, and which track your claim belongs on. If it takes the case, you sign an agreement directly with the firm.
Service and employment records, addresses mapped against contaminated sites, and public water testing data. Plus your medical and pathology records.
Your case is filed and coordinated alongside the trials that will shape any broader resolution. Your firm keeps you updated. You are never required to accept an offer you do not want.
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If you handled firefighting foam, served where it was used, or drank water near a contaminated site — and you were later diagnosed with cancer or thyroid disease — find out where you stand. It takes about two minutes. It costs nothing. And your state’s filing deadline is running whether or not you look into it.
Participating law firms are generally reviewing claims from two groups. First, people exposed at work, including military and civilian firefighters, airport and aviation crews and industrial workers who handled AFFF firefighting foam. Second, people exposed through drinking water near a military base, airport, fire training site or chemical plant. In both groups, a diagnosis of one of the conditions the court has prioritized is usually required.
Yes, but not for people. 3M agreed to pay roughly $10.3 to $12.5 billion and DuPont, Chemours and Corteva about $1.185 billion. Those settlements went to public water systems and municipalities to clean up water supplies. None of that money was paid to individuals with cancer. Personal injury claims are a completely separate process and no global settlement exists for them.
The court has focused the litigation on six conditions with the strongest scientific support: kidney cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid cancer, liver cancer, thyroid disease including hypothyroidism, and ulcerative colitis. Kidney and testicular cancer are considered the strongest claims. Other diagnoses may still be reviewed but are harder to pursue.
That depends and the distinction matters. The federal panel has twice declined to bring turnout-gear-only claims into MDL 2873, most recently in December 2025. If you were exposed to both AFFF foam and PFAS in your gear, your case can go into the MDL. If your only exposure was gear, your claim proceeds separately, outside that litigation. A firm can tell you which track fits your service history.
Possibly. Some claims seek medical monitoring, which funds ongoing health screening for people with documented exposure who have not developed a diagnosed condition. Availability depends heavily on your state, since not every state recognizes medical monitoring claims. It is worth asking about if you lived or worked somewhere with confirmed contamination.
Nothing to ask. The case review is free with no obligation. If a participating law firm takes your case, it will normally work on contingency. That means the fee comes out of a recovery, and no fee is owed if there is no recovery.
No. Direct2Attorney is a legal marketing and referral service, not a law firm. An attorney-client relationship may form only after a participating law firm reviews your information and signs a separate representation agreement with you.
Ask it on the call. The review is free, and there is no obligation to move forward.
— News & updates
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