South Adams County water district is suing Denver for PFAS contamination in drinking water allegedly from firefighting training foam runoff.

The suit from Adams County alleges the foam used at the Denver fire academy has contaminated the water for decades.

SB 1230 sets a July 1, 2028, deadline to ban the possession and use of the toxic firefighting foam containing PFAS in Florida ...

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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.

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Firefighters from Hill and Mountain Home Air Force bases joined for a training exercise in which they tested equipment configured for new fluorine-free firefighting foam. Mountain Home's JP-8 ...

Approximately 1,600 gallons of foam containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, was accidentally discharged at Brunswick Executive Airport's hangar 4 on Aug. 19, 2024 ...

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 ...

During 21 years working as a municipal firefighter, “I had hyper-exposure” to foam, recalled Jim Graves, director of training at the Maine Fire Service Institute. Graves entered the fire service at ...