Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firefighting foam, used at airports and military bases, has been identified as a source of toxic PFAS chemicals. (Photo courtesy ...

A firefighter sprays a mixture of water and foam during a demonstration of a soy-based firefighting foam on Sept. 10, 2024, in West Fargo, North Dakota. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor) In the search ...

Firefighters across Colorado protect people from devastating fires, but the materials sometimes used to put out the flames could hurt the very communities they're saving. Those materials we're talking ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - A bill advancing through the Iowa Senate would require fire districts and city councils in the state to consider switching to a soybean-based firefighting foam in an effort ...