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 ...

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 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Jeff King has served on the volunteer fire department in Corydon, Kentucky, for over ...

Perdue AgriBusiness on Nov. 12 offered a one-year update on its ongoing work with the Maryland Department of the Environment to address elevated levels of the forever chemicals known as PFAS detected ...

Members of the St. John's Regional Fire Department responded to at least two significant fires in the last year without having immediate access to firefighting foam, according to incident reports ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Soybeans could soon have a promising new market as a safer firefighting solution, replacing traditional foam that relies on toxic chemicals that don’t break down. PFAS from ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

File - Firefighters spray fire suppressant foam to douse flames on a tanker truck in a simulated oil-spill fire during a drill on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) This ...

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 ...