Forever chemical’ hotspots revealed to include RAF bases and airports - RAF bases near drinking water sources have caused ...

A new Alaska state law bans using the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) based firefighting foams. The law, adopted ...

January is firefighter cancer awareness month. Discover the health risks firefighters face from exposure to asbestos and ...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / January 7, 2025 / Veolia North AmericaRefineries process and produce large volumes of flammable materials. In order to mitigate the risk of fires, many rely on aqueous f ...

This "fire fighting foam" is stored onsite in tanks and used to suppress fire during an emergency. Many types of AFFF contain ...

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

The Battelle lab is testing a variety of different materials, including cow liver, pasta, and fishing line, for PFAS ...

They’re called “forever chemicals” but the program destroying PFAS in New Hampshire firefighting foam shows that a better ...

Like many states, Maine is struggling to determine how to dispose of its stockpile of toxic aqueous film-forming foam, or AFFF, stored in its ... making semiconductors and fighting fuel fires. But ...

One person was killed in a barn fire in Branford on Thursday evening. Fire crews at 6:22 p.m. responded to 155 N. Ivy St. after the Emergency Communication Center received a 911 call reporting a ...

A fire at a Tyson Foods plant in Camilla, Georgia, killed one person and severely burned others early Friday. Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire, a Tyson Foods spokesperson ...

MANY STORIES DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW THIS AFTERNOON. AND WE BEGIN WITH THIS. A MAJOR FIRE IN CONNELLSVILLE, FAYETTE COUNTY. TAKE A LOOK. ONE HOUSE BURST INTO FLAMES OVERNIGHT. THE FIRE SPREAD TO ...