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 ...
Ravenswood, W. Va.-based Star has one PFAS-free PC material in its Orion-brand engineering resins line and another in its ...
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 ...
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 ...