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PINEHURST, N.C. - A terminally ill Green Beret, whose story of military medical malpractice, which was first reported by FOX 46 in 2018, garnered national attention and helped change federal law, received a personal thank you gift from the White House on Sunday.

"As I told SFC Richard Stayskal and his wife Megan, 'You touched my heart when I first met you and I knew this was a fight worth fighting for,'" Rep. Richard Hudson (R-Concord) tweeted, referencing FOX 46’s coverage of his meeting with Stayskal on Capitol Hill last month.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives passed a sweeping bill last week to address a growing national pollution crisis involving chemicals linked to high cholesterol, ulcerative colitis, thyroid disease, testicular cancer, kidney cancer, and pregnancy-induced hypertension.

Per- and polyfluoroakyl substances (PFAS) produced by 3M, DuPont, Chemours and other manufacturers have been used for more than a half century to make hundreds of products waterproof or heat- and stain-resistant.