Veterans of the U.S. Navy who were exposed to Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) and diagnosed with kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer, testicular ...
Residents of Brunswick Landing, the site of Maine's worst toxic firefighting foam spill, joined environmental groups to urge ...
Firefighters then rinsed the trucks twice, driving them around with water sloshing in the tanks, and emptied the byproducts into the same totes as the foam. The department replaced the AFFF with ...
Three bills introduced to Maine's legislative session would chart a path toward removing thousands of gallons of PFAs foam ...
Although highly effective in keeping firefighters safe from flames and heat during interventions, firefighting gear is laced with PFAS, or the so-called forever chemicals. These substances are constan ...
Given the widespread contamination, persistence, and environmental impacts associated with the use of aqueous film forming foams (AFFF) containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), there is ...