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

Those gallons of foam contained PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), carcinogenic “forever chemicals” introduced to fire departments nationwide in the 1970s through aqueous film-forming foam ...

Given the widespread contamination, persistence, and environmental impacts associated with the use of aqueous film forming foams (AFFF) containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), there is ...