Firefighters use foam to put out a flaming car. Harrisburg, Pa. — The Pa. Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee have approved Senate Bill 980, a bill ...

(Reuters) - Industrial materials maker DuPont said on Wednesday it would stop buying and using firefighting foams made with a controversial class of chemicals, which are at the center of multiple ...

(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 ...

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.

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 ...

Numerous states have either enacted or proposed regulations regarding per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) present in Class B Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (“AFFF”) used for firefighting, or PFAS ...

BETHLEHEM TWP. − The soybeans used to make soy milk and tofu can now be used to make firefighting foam that can extinguish a fire threatening your neighborhood. And several fire departments in Stark ...

Perdue AgriBusiness on Nov. 12 offered a one-year update on its ongoing work with the Maryland Department of the Environment to address elevated levels of the forever chemicals known as PFAS detected ...

CLOVIS, N.M. (KRQE) – Cannon Air Force Base announced on Monday that it has disposed of more than 4,500 gallons of firefighting foam containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) foam along with ...

A basin of water on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on Thursday June 5, 2025, part of a system designed to capture and filter contaminants from water on the base's Area B. THOMAS GNAU/STAFF A basin of ...