A bill advancing through the Iowa Senate would require fire districts and city councils in the state to consider switching to ...

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 ...

A new firefighting foam derived from soybeans could provide a new market for U.S. soybean meal and replace some of the substances that have contaminated underground water supplies with “forever ...

Over 1,600 gallons of firefighting foam containing hazardous PFAS "forever chemicals" spilled in Brunswick, Maine early Monday morning after a fire suppression system malfunctioned at the former ...

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 ...

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 ...

Courtesy of the Washington Department of Ecology Firefighters sometimes use a special type of foam to put out fires caused by flammable liquids, like gases or solvents. But that foam contains “forever ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The U.S. military has destroyed its last supplies of toxic firefighting foam at installations in Japan, according to the Tokyo-based command. The aqueous firefighting foam ...

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 ...