Brunswick airport’s toxic foam spill highlighted the need to transition to safer alternatives. A Brunswick legislator is ...

They’re called “forever chemicals” but the program destroying PFAS in New Hampshire firefighting foam shows that a better ...

When that foam is spilled, it poses a threat not only because PFAS are dangerous, but also because they don’t break down ...

Storage: A collection program sponsored by multiple entities is available for entities properly disposing of any firefighting foam containing PFAS substances. PPE Use: Beginning on January 1 ...

The FAA ended 2024 by issuing a National Part 139 CertAlert (No. 24-11) concerning Output Based Testing After Completion of Fluorine Free Foam ...

A new Alaska state law bans using the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) based firefighting foams. The law, adopted ...

During 21 years working as a municipal firefighter, “I had hyper-exposure” to foam, recalled Jim Graves ... A toxicological study of six PFAS-free foams concluded that the new formulations ...

The most common disposal methods — incineration, landfilling and deep underground storage — all have ... help defray the costs of buying new PFAS-free foam and disposal of AFFF, but years ...

Minnesota laws already prohibit the use of PFAS in food packaging and firefighting foam but the new law will require new products sold or distributed in 11 categories to be made without PFAS.

Rough estimates place Maine’s remaining volume of firefighting foam with PFAS at upwards of 40,000 gallons. Despite a 2020 recommendation by the Governor’s PFAS Task Force to inventory and collect ...

That’s a question New Hampshire officials have been trying to answer for years, as they looked to dispose of thousands of gallons of old firefighting foam filled with PFAS – so-called ...

That’s a question New Hampshire officials have been trying to answer for years, as they looked to dispose of thousands of gallons of old firefighting foam filled with PFAS – so-called “forever ...