As the world phases out use of PFAS-based foams in firefighting for the safer but less effective fluorine-free foams (F3), a ...

2018), the FAA was given three years to develop and approve a new type of fire fighting foam that does not contain PFAS chemicals. While that goal was not met, by 2024 the FAA had approved an ...

The ecological study determined that per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from drinking water through examination of the associations between PFAS in drinking water measured in two waves ...

Barrels of firefighting foam were collected around New Hampshire and sent to Ohio. Last month, remnants of the foam returned ...

that looks for traces of PFAS in items ranging from industrial ... Much of the initial work involves fire-fighting foam from fire departments, including huge stockpiles of the material at airports.

Before treatment, the firefighting foam, known as Aqueous Film-Forming Foam or AFFF, was great at fighting ... of our fire departments about liability,” he said. Destroying the PFAS in that ...

The biogel developed at UMaine is not the only fire suppressant more effective than water. Fluorinated firefighting foam became widely ... s not a coincidence that PFAS is associated with some ...

Before treatment, the firefighting foam, known as Aqueous Film-Forming Foam or AFFF, was great at fighting ... of our fire departments about liability,” he said. Destroying the PFAS in that ...

A University of Maine researcher had a lightbulb moment while watching news about wildfires raging through California in 2019. James Anderson saw clips of planes dumping out water to quench the flames ...

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 ...