Air Force firefighters are transitioning to a new PFAS-free foam to combat fuel fires, eliminating what had been a key source of chemical contamination in water systems near military installations.

Rough estimates place Maine’s remaining volume of firefighting foam with PFAS at upward of 40,000 gallons. Despite a 2020 recommendation by the Governor’s PFAS Task Force to inventory and collect AFFF ...

Aug. 18—It sounds simple: remove harmful chemicals from firefighting foam to both keep public water supplies pure and protect the health of firefighters. But finding an effective substitute, figuring ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Jeff King has served on the volunteer fire department in Corydon, Kentucky, for over ...

Perdue AgriBusiness on Nov. 12 offered a one-year update on its ongoing work with the Maryland Department of the Environment to address elevated levels of the forever chemicals known as PFAS detected ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — On Monday, the Denver Fire ...

Dec. 29—In the days following Maine's worst forever chemical spill, crews scrambled to clean up tens of thousands of gallons of toxic firefighting foam from the former Brunswick Naval Air Station ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Japanese officials visited a training facility at this airlift hub in western Tokyo where firefighting foam likely overflowed into stormwater drains last summer. The Aug. 30 ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Soybeans could soon have a promising new market as a safer firefighting solution, replacing traditional foam that relies on toxic chemicals that don’t break down. PFAS from ...

During 21 years working as a municipal firefighter, “I had hyper-exposure” to foam, recalled Jim Graves, director of training at the Maine Fire Service Institute. Graves entered the fire service at ...