The manufacturers of AFFF (aka firefighting foam) have used dangerous chemicals (known as PFAS) to make the foam since the 1960s. If you or a loved one used firefighting foam on the job and was ...

is a type of foam used by firefighters to smother high-intensity fires. Unfortunately, research has linked AFFF to an increased risk of cancer — especially for those who regularly used firefighting ...

Fighting fire usually involves water or foam, but they can be messy and environmentally destructive. Engineers at Ohio State ...

Crews put out a fire that started Saturday night in Jackson Township. The home on Gladstone Road caught fire around 10:30 ...

By Emmett Gartner of the Maine Moni 17, 2025 Brunswick airport’s toxic foam spill highlighted the need to transition to safer ...

(Jan. 31, 2025) Nantucket Memorial Airport is transitioning away from the use of firefighting foam containing polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, the so-called "forever chemicals," airport manager ...

As the world phases out use of PFAS-based foams in firefighting for the safer but less effective fluorine-free foams (F3), a ...

Gov. Tony Evers is proposing more funding to clean up toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, while offering farmers more protections.

BRUNSWICK (WGME) -- Toxic, potentially cancer-causing firefighting foam, like what spilled in Brunswick last year, is still being used in some places in Maine. "It speaks to how pervasive PFAS is ...

Brunswick airport’s toxic foam spill highlighted the need to transition to safer alternatives. A Brunswick legislator is pushing for that to happen. The Portland Fire Department is in the midst of ...

A lawsuit filed by Santa Clara County alleges that manufacturers covered up the toxic effects of the substances.