Toxic AFFF firefighting foam endangers Ohio’s firefighters and citizens, but “safe” alternatives are not always safer Aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) is a class-B type of firefighting foam used by ...

The head of the company hired to eliminate the risks and liability associated with these substances said the state is “setting the standard for responsible environmental stewardship.” CONCORD, N.H. — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How do you get rid of something that’s known for lasting forever? That’s a question New Hampshire officials have been trying to ...

Revive Environmental CEO David Trueba holding samples of AFFF (pictured right) and the result after processing the the PFAS annihilator (pictured left): water. An Ohio company is the first in the U.S.

In 2021, Connecticut passed a law banning fluorinated firefighting foams, known as aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF), that contains large quantities of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The ...

SB 1230 sets a July 1, 2028, deadline to ban the possession and use of the toxic firefighting foam containing PFAS in Florida ...

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During 21 years working as a municipal firefighter, “I had hyper-exposure” to foam, recalled Jim Graves, director of training at the Maine Fire Service Institute. Graves entered the fire service at ...

Alan Robidas was grateful as his team prepared containers of firefighting foam at the New Hampshire Fire Academy to be collected and destroyed. The foam, long used by firefighters nationwide to ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – For decades, fire departments across Illinois used a firefighting foam, known as Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF), which turned out to be toxic and linked to cancer. The use of ...

Oct. 4—The La Crosse Regional Airport is one step closer to being PFAS-free with a La Crosse committee's funding recommendation Thursday night. If approved by the full city council next week, the ...