Beginning in 2025, a fire suppressant containing so-called forever chemicals that never break down in the environment ... Aqueous film forming foam is used at industrial facilities and airports ...

The replacement is a C6 form of foam from Chemguard that the manufacturer says does not break down into PFOS. While municipal and airport fire departments tackle their PFAS in storage, some ...

“PFAS can seep into groundwater where it won’t break ... Both the fire and Foresight’s responses to it remained secret until a local environmental activist took pictures of foam that had ...

Once collected, the foam will be incinerated to break down the toxic compounds. Twenty-nine fire departments in Vermont said that they had had legacy foam in storage. “The cost of disposing of ...

Traditional foam used by many fire departments often exposes firefighters to harmful forever chemicals that don't break down. Meet the 'Dirty 15' countries that could be hit hardest by Trump's ...

DeWine said fire departments have been concerned about storing the foam for years ... contaminated material to high heat and pressure to break the carbon-fluorine bond and leave behind a ...

Firefighting foam floated on Lake Union on Wednesday morning after the Seattle Fire Department extinguished ... chemicals” that don’t naturally break down in the environment.

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Authorities say a malfunctioning fire suppression system led to the release of hundreds of gallons of fire-fighting foam at the Vermont National Guard base in South ...