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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fluorinated foam — which contains PFAS or can break down to form the chemicals — was used on the Chemtool fire earlier this week, according to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

Those materials we're talking about are certain kinds of firefighting foams containing toxic PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," because they don't readily break down in the environment.

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 ...