Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A container of a soybean-based firefighting foam is displayed during a demonstration of the product in West Fargo, North Dakota, ...

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Restrictions on firefighting foams containing PFOS and PFAS, combined with discontinued supply, make contingency planning ...

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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 to reduce exposure to ...

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 ...

SALISBURY, Md. -- Fire departments across Maryland’s Eastern Shore are still storing stockpiles of banned firefighting foam years after the state outlawed it, raising concerns about safety and ...

Jonathan Sharp is a Chief Financial Officer at Environmental Litigation Group, P.C., a law firm headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The firm assists civilian and military firefighters exposed to ...

A new $3 million statewide initiative to collect and destroy stockpiled firefighting foam containing hazardous per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) launched this week. The new Aqueous Film ...

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 ...

Jeff King has served on the volunteer fire department in Corydon, Kentucky, for over 30 years. He is well aware of the dangers of the job — including one that may be hiding in the supplies he and his ...