A new Wisconsin bill could help fire departments purchase firefighting foam made from soybeans. This organic foam is a safer alternative to foams containing toxic "forever chemicals," or PFAS. Testing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A firefighter sprays a mixture of water and foam during a demonstration of a soy-based firefighting foam on Sept. 10, 2024, in ...

In dark corners and supply closets in firehouses across Maryland sit gallons upon gallons of a toxic firefighting foam that firefighters can no longer use. In 2022, the state legislature passed a law ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Revive Environmental president and CEO David Trueba is showing Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio EPA director Anne Vogel one of the PFAS annihilator units that will be used to destroy AFFF. Ohio has launched ...

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — A fire suppression system at a Brunswick Executive Airport hangar showed deficiencies about a year before it discharged gallons of firefighting foam containing harmful ...

Numerous states have either enacted or proposed regulations regarding per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) present in Class B Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (“AFFF”) used for firefighting, or ...

Screenshot of a video released by the Vermont National Guard shows the foam spreading through the Army Aviation Support Facility in South Burlington, Vermont, in June. (Marcus Tracy/Vermont National ...

Members of the St. John's Regional Fire Department responded to at least two significant fires in the last year without having immediate access to firefighting foam, according to incident reports ...