The wind-whipped water on Michigan's Van Etten Lake washes up daily reminders of an environmental tragedy set into motion decades ago and still unfolding. Foamy suds on the surface and along the ...

Jul. 16—GRANVILLE — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is continuing to investigate a spill of firefighting foam from the Saint-Gobain facility in Granville. A power outage ...

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 ...

PFAS are tied to a host of human health problems, from reproductive issues to high cholesterol to certain types of cancer. Jeff King has served on the volunteer fire department in Corydon, Kentucky, ...

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 ...

Firefighters sometimes use a special type of foam to put out fires caused by flammable liquids, like gases or solvents. But that foam contains “forever chemicals,” or PFAs.

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 and can contaminate drinking water, ...

A new soy-based firefighting foam offers a potential alternative for firefighters across the country who have long relied on ...

(TNS) — New Hampshire hopes to collect 10,000 gallons of firefighting foam containing hazardous "forever chemicals" or PFAS and ship them to Ohio to be annihilated. Yes, annihilated. The state's ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

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.