The new executive director of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, Dan Stevenson, says it plans to turn the aging ...

Tyco began manufacturing and selling firefighting foam in 1976. The company’s products have been linked to multiple exposure and contamination events, including a 1990 spill at Stewart Air Base in New ...

Firefighting foam was a necessity for those working on fuel tank farms and oil refineries, as PFAS are particularly effective in fighting liquid fuel-based fires. Larger refineries may have upwards of ...

“There's a lot of foam concentrate that remains in storage all over the state. These chemicals are persistent and known carcinogens, and without a plan to safely identify and store them, the risks to ...

Some departments are already moving ahead with AFFF replacement and disposal ... faulty sprinkler system dispensed 1,450 gallons of foam concentrate and 50,000 gallons of water in an airport ...

Oregon was the first state to direct all airports to phase out a common PFAS-laden foam, AFFF foam, which has largely been replaced by a non-PFAS containing foam called P3, according to Karl Koenig, ...

with Arcadis, titled "Solutions for Managing Aqueous Film-Forming-Foam- (AFFF-) Impacted Infrastructure” details the enormity ... The Arcadis article specifies four different waste types found at AFFF ...