HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Hawai’i Department of Health announced that it is investigating the spillage of approximately 1,100 gallons of a fire suppressant material, Aqueous Film Forming Foam. Strong ...

Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) are found in firefighting foam used by the military since the 1970’s for training exercises and to extinguish liquid and gas fires.

Foam forming technology gives exciting opportunities to develop new recyclable and light weight wood fiber products. It also gives a possibility to decrease raw material and production costs ...

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 ...

Aqueous film-forming foam (“AFFF”) is a hot topic in per- and polyfluorinated Substances (“PFAS”) litigation. AFFF is used to fight gasoline, oil, and jet fuel fires by producing an aqueous film that ...

The Defense Department is looking for a safer alternative to its current firefighting foam. (Airman 1st Class Caitlin Russell/Air Force) The Defense Department is officially requiring any new ...

The Columbia Fire Department has announced that it is replacing its foam due to environmental concerns. The fire department announced that it is phasing out aqueous film-forming foam because of its ...

In 2021, Connecticut passed a law banning fluorinated firefighting foams, known as aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF), that contains large quantities of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The ...

Beginning in 2025, a fire suppressant containing so-called forever chemicals that never break down in the environment will be prohibited from manufacture, sale and distribution in Illinois - and ...

Alan Robidas was grateful as his team prepared containers of firefighting foam at the New Hampshire Fire Academy to be collected and destroyed. The foam, long used by firefighters nationwide to ...