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

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

Researchers at Charles Darwin University, supported by the United States Department of Defense, are attempting to increase ...

The biogel developed at UMaine is not the only fire suppressant more effective than water. Fluorinated firefighting foam became widely used after it was invented in the 1960s. It works quickly but ...

Four Blue Origin engineers, and United States Army veterans, have teamed up to develop what could be the next generation of ...

BRUNSWICK, Maine (WGME) -- Thousands of gallons of foam mixed with water were collected on and around the Brunswick Executive Airport after a major spill of toxic firefighting foam over the summer.

A new Alaska state law bans using the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) based firefighting foams. The law, adopted in July 2024, establishes a foam disposal reimbursement program and ...