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

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.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Three years into its mission, the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team announced it has collected more than 60,000 gallons of firefighting foam that contains PFAS. MPART has ...

Jeff King has served on the volunteer fire department in Corydon, Kentucky, for over 30 years. He is well aware of the dangers of the job — including one that may be hiding in the supplies he and his ...

Some of these "forever chemicals" are toxic at very low levels. They can get into water systems and bioaccumulate in fish, ...

Aug. 18—It sounds simple: remove harmful chemicals from firefighting foam to both keep public water supplies pure and protect the health of firefighters. But finding an effective substitute, figuring ...

Indiana firefighters have been found to have elevated levels of potentially hazardous PFAS chemicals in their blood serum, with some connections to the frequency with which they handle firefighting ...

A new soy-based firefighting foam offers a potential alternative for firefighters across the country who have long relied on specialized foams to extinguish dangerous fuel fires -- foams that often ...

The head of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission this past week addressed contamination by so-called forever chemicals near the state’s Benner Spring State Fish Hatchery. One of 12 hatcheries ...

Beginning January 1, 2026, new PFAS prohibitions and reporting requirements take effect in Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Minnesota, Vermont, ...