A new soy-based firefighting foam offers a potential alternative for firefighters across the country who have long relied on specialized foams to extinguish dangerous fuel fires -- foams that often ...

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Editor’s note: This article was first published in the Colorado Newsline. Battered by years of criticism from U.S. lawmakers and environmental advocates, the Department of Defense will stop purchasing ...

Pasco Fire removed 140 gallons of PFAS-containing AFFF foam from the city. The Washington Department of Ecology runs statewide collection and 90 stations signed up. Pasco replaced the toxic foam with ...

Beginning in 2025, a fire suppressant containing so-called forever chemicals that never break down in the environment will be prohibited from manufacture, sale and distribution in Illinois - and ...

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Aqueous film-forming foam, or AFFF, has been linked to an increased risk of several types of cancer, including kidney cancer, testicular cancer, and pancreatic cancers. Civilian and military ...

Perimeter Solutions’ SOLBERG® 3% MIL-SPEC SFF is the first fluorine-free foam to be added to the DoD Qualified Products List and is available to the market. Since 1969, the industry has followed the ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed a bill that would ban most firefighting departments from using a type of firefighting foam that has polluted drinking water in dozens of places across Alaska and many ...

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. – Military veterans who served on ...

ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) – Military veterans who served on this base near Rapid City and at Joe Foss Field Air National Guard Station in Sioux Falls are part of new ...