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 ...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / January 7, 2025 / Refineries process and produce large volumes of flammable materials. In ...

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 ...

Composed of human-made chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) is a type of foam used by ... Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy at ...

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 ...

Like many states, Maine is struggling to determine how to dispose of its stockpile of toxic aqueous film-forming foam, or AFFF ... and fighting fuel fires. But even trace amounts of some PFAS ...

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 ...