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Firefighters in Waxhaw, NC, train for fighting fires using a replacement foam with does not contain PFAS. “We’ve had some of this foam sitting there for more than 40 years with no safe way to ...
As the Pentagon looks into ways to reduce PFAS exposure, it's also funding research into a PFAS-free firefighting foam. ... non-toxic firefighting foam could be on the way.
Wisconsin labels Tyco non-compliant in PFAS investigation. Here's the latest in the dispute. ... tested firefighting foam containing PFAS outdoors from 1962 until ending the practice in 2017.
Historic Camp Grayling photos show the fire-fighting foam in use. Multiple PFAS contamination sites in Michigan, including in Grayling, were caused by the foam use at either fires or during training.
They’re called “forever chemicals” but the program destroying PFAS in New Hampshire firefighting foam shows that a better name might be “everywhere chemicals.”“They really are ...
So what we thought is we would hire a contractor and do what we call a ‘milk run’ and have that contractor go and collect the PFAS AFFF foam and replace it with the non PFAS and take that ...
Indiana has more than 50,000 gallons of firefighting foam that the state now knows is highly toxic. So it launched a new program to help get rid of it.
The state's Department of Environmental Services and Fire Marshal's Office launched a free statewide take-back program for foam containing PFAs this month with 10 collection dates expected to keep ...
High PFAS concentrations found in foam on Seacoast ... PFAS are a man-made class of chemicals common in many consumer products from stain-resistant couches and fabrics to non-stick cooking pans ...