Minnesota PFAs ban facing lawsuit
Twenty-year-old Amara Strande died from a rare liver cancer in April 2023, after a five-year fight against the disease that spread through her body.
“The time bomb that went off in Amara was an incurable cancer that caused a 15-pound tumor to take over the liver of a 15-year-old child,” recalls Strande’s sister Nora.
The two siblings grew up in Oakdale, in the eastern metro, where state water testing has found high levels of PFAS chemicals in the drinking water supply.
Doctors have not directly linked Strande’s cancer to the water supply, but health experts say long-term PFAS exposure has been linked to some cancers, pregnancy complications and high cholesterol issues.
She spent her final months lobbying lawmakers to pass measures to regulate the forever chemicals.
“The science that proves forever chemicals are dangerous is solid,” declared Strande’s father, Michael. “The fear in Amara’s eye as she fought for her …