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

called aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF), which contains high levels of a persistent, harmful class of compounds known as PFAS. The foam is common in fire departments across Maine. The Portland Fire ...

As the world phases out use of PFAS-based foams ... match the performance of AFFF in critical fire suppression scenarios,” Professor Dlugogorski said. “The need to improve fluorine-free firefighting ...

As the world phases out use of PFAS-based foams in ... not match the performance of AFFF in critical fire suppression scenarios,” Dlugogorski said. “The need to improve fluorine-free firefighting ...

As the world phases out use of PFAS-based foams in ... not match the performance of AFFF in critical fire suppression scenarios," Professor Dlugogorski said. "The need to improve fluorine-free ...

There are many routes for PFAS into the environment, for example; firefighting foam can be directly released into the environment, or household cleaning products and cosmetics containing PFAS can be ...

PFAS concentrations in blood samples from 87.4% of those tested in a town in Okayama Prefecture exceeded a U.S. standard for the potentially carcinogenic chemicals. The Kibichuo town government ...

Over the past couple of years there has been a growing focus on PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) — a group of more than 10,000 synthetic chemicals that are widely used in consumer and ...