Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firefighting foam with PFAS was routinely used by many Maine fire departments prior to 2022, yet little work has occurred to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rough estimates place Maine’s remaining volume of firefighting foam with PFAS at upward of 40,000 gallons. Despite a 2020 ...

The FAA ended 2024 by issuing a National Part 139 CertAlert (No. 24-11) concerning Output Based Testing After Completion of Fluorine Free Foam (F3) Transition. The Alert specifies the types of testing ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – For decades, fire departments across Illinois used a firefighting foam, known as Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF), which turned out to be toxic and linked to cancer. The use of ...

Revive Environmental CEO David Trueba holds in his right hand a sample of AFFF. In his left hand is the result after processing the PFAS annihilator: water. Lt. Jason Brockmeyer has worked at Franklin ...

A firefighter holds a handful of SoyFoam. The firefighting foam is PFAS free, biodegradable and made with a crop that's abundant in Ohio: soybeans. Outside the Harrison Township Fire Department, in ...

AFFF, a synthetic firefighting agent, is widely employed by government, municipal, and industrial fire safety teams for rapid suppression of liquid fuel fires. Since the 1960s, its extensive use in ...

Countless firefighters in Michigan—and across the country—have spent decades handling a chemical-laden firefighting foam without fully understanding its long-term risks. What has not been discovered ...