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Soy foam product seen as safer firefighting alternative to ‘forever chemicals’

A firefighter sprays a mixture of water and foam during a demonstration of a soy-based firefighting foam on Sept. 10, 2024, in West Fargo, North Dakota. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor) In the search ...

State To Spend Millions To Replace Fire Control Systems In Honolulu, Maui

The rental car facilities have fire suppression equipment that must be removed because it contains toxic "forever chemicals." ...
WVXU

Indiana will no longer dispose of firefighting foam with harmful PFAS

Firefighting foams with PFAS are used to contain highly flammable fires like this that can't be extinguished with water. A state program meant to protect firefighters from harmful PFAS in firefighting ...

State program sends toxic firefighting foam to Columbus for destruction

A Columbus facility is processing thousands of gallons of toxic firefighting foam as part of Ohio’s effort to eliminate ...
WOSU Public Media

Firefighters face an increased risk for cancer. Can firefighting foam made with soybeans help?

A firefighter holds a handful of SoyFoam. The firefighting foam is PFAS free, biodegradable and made with a crop that's abundant in Ohio: soybeans. Outside the Harrison Township Fire Department, in ...
The Bellingham Herald

Pasco 1st to remove ‘forever chemical’ firefighting foam under new WA program

Pasco Fire removed 140 gallons of PFAS-containing AFFF foam from the city. The Washington Department of Ecology runs statewide collection and 90 stations signed up. Pasco replaced the toxic foam with ...
KOMU

Boone County Fire District adopts plant-based firefighting foam

The Boone County Fire Protection District is the first fire department in Missouri to transition to SoyFoam TF 1122, a plant-based firefighting foam meant to be more environmentally friendly. SoyFoam ...
Sun Journal

Lewiston has some PFAS firefighting foam ready for use

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a Lewiston Sun Journal subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...
WTVD

Firefighting foam polluted water with PFAS. Decades later, Pentagon changes course

Air Force firefighters are transitioning to a new PFAS-free foam to combat fuel fires, eliminating what had been a key source of chemical contamination in water systems near military installations.
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Pellston airport using new fire-fighting foam without 'forever chemicals'

EMMET COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) --For the first time, the Federal Aviation Administration is handing out grants to cleanupAqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) and Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl ...
Concord Monitor

Fire departments offload PFAS-laden firefighting foam

Workers from Revive Enviromental and Republic Services open up containers from the Allenstown Fire Department to inspect them for PFAS compounds in the AFFF that they might have during the drop off at ...
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Soy foam product seen as safer firefighting alternative to ‘forever chemicals’

A container of a soybean-based firefighting foam is displayed during a demonstration of the product in West Fargo, North Dakota, on Sept. 10, 2024. (Jeff Beach | North Dakota Monitor) In the search ...