A bill advancing through the Iowa Senate would require fire districts and city councils in the state to consider switching to ...

A container of a soybean-based firefighting foam is displayed during a demonstration of the product in West Fargo, North Dakota, on Sept. 10, 2024. (Jeff Beach | North Dakota Monitor) In the search ...

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Firefighting foams with PFAS are used to contain highly flammable fires like this that can't be extinguished with water. A state program meant to protect firefighters from harmful PFAS in firefighting ...

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 ...

A new soy foam is eliminating cancer-linked chemicals for firefighters.

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — On Monday, the Denver Fire ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Pennsylvania lawmakers could soon ban a dangerous chemical present throughout the state. The State House unanimously passed a bill Tuesday that would ban per- & ...

MADISON, Wis. — Researchers in Wisconsin have developed a way to make Wisconsin-grown soybeans into a firefighting foam, and they want to make grants available to see if even soy can prevent wildfires ...

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 ...