DES MOINES, Iowa (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 ...
A new Wisconsin bill could help fire departments purchase firefighting foam made from soybeans. This organic foam is a safer alternative to foams containing toxic "forever chemicals," or PFAS. Testing ...
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 ...
New Mexico is the first state to classify aqueous film-forming foam as a hazardous waste. Monday's unanimous Environmental Improvement Board vote will allow the state Environment Department to ...
TALLAHASSEE, FL – State lawmakers are weighing a ban on a highly effective but toxic foam widely used to suppress flammable-liquid fires that is leaking into water supplies and sickening people, with ...
Crews moved and packed heavy 5-gallon pails of toxic liquid foam Friday from a garage at Pasco Fire Department Station 82 near the Tri-Cities Airport. It was the first step to get rid of firefighting ...
Revive Environmental CEO David Trueba holds in his right hand a sample of AFFF. In his left hand is the result after processing the PFAS annihilator: water. Lt. Jason Brockmeyer has worked at Franklin ...