A firefighter holds a handful of SoyFoam. The firefighting foam is PFAS free, biodegradable and made with a crop that's abundant in Ohio: soybeans. Outside the Harrison Township Fire Department, in ...

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PFAS are tied to a host of human health problems, from reproductive issues to high cholesterol to certain types of cancer. Jeff King has served on the volunteer fire department in Corydon, Kentucky, ...

COLUMBIA — Boone County Fire Protection District says is taking a step forward by adopting a new "groundbreaking" plant-based firefighting foam made from soybeans. SoyFoam TF 1122 is a foam free of a ...

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.

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 ...

Firefighters spray fire suppressant foam to douse flames on a tanker truck in a simulated oil-spill fire during a drill on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. For about 20 years, Julie Cassidy ...

CANTON, OH - Midwest Industrial Supply, a leader in Earth-conscious chemical manufacturing, announced its latest innovation — SparkBarrier, a Class A firefighting foam approved by the U.S. Forest ...

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Dozens of factory workers were exposed to toxic chemicals within firefighting foam over decades, BBC File on 4 Investigates can reveal.

Over the past generations, aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF) have stood as the gold standard in firefighting, particularly in suppressing intense fuel-based fires. Praised for their effectiveness, ...