As the world phases out use of PFAS-based foams in firefighting for the safer but less effective fluorine-free foams (F3), a ...

2018), the FAA was given three years to develop and approve a new type of fire fighting foam that does not contain PFAS chemicals. While that goal was not met, by 2024 the FAA had approved an ...

Firefighters are already exposed to many risks to their well-being. The gear they wear and tools they use to keep themselves ...

Barrels of firefighting foam were collected around New Hampshire and sent to Ohio. Last month, remnants of the foam returned ...

that looks for traces of PFAS in items ranging from industrial ... Much of the initial work involves fire-fighting foam from fire departments, including huge stockpiles of the material at airports.

Before treatment, the firefighting foam, known as Aqueous Film-Forming Foam or AFFF, was great at fighting ... of our fire departments about liability,” he said. Destroying the PFAS in that ...

To reach the first-ever estimate of how much it would cost to rid Europe's water and soils of 'forever chemicals,' Le Monde ...

"ESTCP is working with DIU to demonstrate technologies for long-term use to destroy PFAS waste, including Aqueous Fire Fighting Foam, from military installations," said Scott Forney, president of ...

A University of Maine researcher had a lightbulb moment while watching news about wildfires raging through California in 2019. James Anderson saw clips of planes dumping out water to quench the flames ...

In the days following Maine’s worst forever chemical spill, crews scrambled to clean up tens of thousands of gallons of toxic firefighting foam ... to help fire departments pay for PFAS-free ...

Before treatment, the firefighting foam, known as Aqueous Film-Forming Foam or AFFF, was great at fighting ... of our fire departments about liability,” he said. Destroying the PFAS in that ...