Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firefighting foam, used at airports and military bases, has been identified as a source of toxic PFAS chemicals. (Photo courtesy ...

A new soy-based firefighting foam offers a potential alternative for firefighters across the country who have long relied on specialized foams to extinguish dangerous fuel fires -- foams that often ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An internal incident report from the St. John's Regional Fire Department says three apparatus had its firefighting foam systems ...

A new firefighting foam made from soybeans is now in the hands of the Fitchburg Fire Department, and it's free of the harmful ...

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.

New Jersey has partnered with Revive Environmental to remove and destroy 150,000 gallons of aqueous film forming foam.

Courtesy of the Washington Department of Ecology 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 ...

Ohio has taken nearly 14,000 gallons of the PFAS-laden firefighting foam off the hands of over 100 fire departments. And it’s using a pioneering technology called the PFAS Annihilator to help.

(IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - 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 ...