An example of the optimal application of F3. Credit: US Naval Research Laboratory and John P. Farley et al.

The spill of firefighting foam containing PFAS at the former Brunswick Naval Air station last summer is prompting a closer ...

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

The manufacturers of AFFF (aka firefighting foam) have used dangerous chemicals (known as PFAS) to make the foam since the 1960s. If you or a loved one was used firefighting foam on the job and ...

By Emmett Gartner of the Maine Moni 17, 2025 Brunswick airport’s toxic foam spill highlighted the need to transition to safer ...

Toxic, potentially cancer-causing firefighting foam, like what spilled in Brunswick last year, is still being used in some ...

For decades, the manufacturers of firefighting foam (or AFFF) used dangerous chemicals known as PFAS in their foam that may cause cancer. Many firefighters across the country who have developed cancer ...

That’s a question New Hampshire officials have been trying to answer for years, as they looked to dispose of thousands of gallons of old firefighting foam filled with PFAS – so-called ...

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

BRUNSWICK (WGME) -- Toxic, potentially cancer-causing firefighting foam, like what spilled in Brunswick last year, is still being used in some places in Maine. "It speaks to how pervasive PFAS is ...

Residents in one coastal village cannot fish, swim or grow food due to contamination by "forever chemicals", and live in fear ...