For decades, firefighters used a foam that contained PFAS, or forever chemicals, that can cause cancer and other illnesses. Now a "PFAS Annihilator" can destroy the toxic chemical in the foam.
A firefighter holds a handful of SoyFoam. The firefighting foam is PFAS free, biodegradable and made with a crop that's abundant in Ohio: soybeans. Outside the Harrison Township Fire Department, in ...
MADISON, Wis. — Researchers in Wisconsin have developed a way to make Wisconsin-grown soybeans into a firefighting foam, and they want to make grants available to see if even soy can prevent wildfires ...
Ohio has taken nearly 14,000 gallons of the PFAS-laden firefighting foam off the hands of over 100 fire departments. And it’s ...
Clayton, MO – Perimeter Solutions (NYSE: PRM), a leading global manufacturer of high-quality fire retardant and firefighting foam, is introducing the Perimeter Solutions Industrial Foam School, a ...
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 ...
Numerous states have either enacted or proposed regulations regarding per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) present in Class B Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (“AFFF”) used for firefighting, or ...
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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 ...
Numerous states have either enacted or proposed regulations regarding per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) present in Class B Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (“AFFF”) used for firefighting, or PFAS ...