Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jeff King has served on the volunteer fire department in Corydon, Kentucky, for over 30 years. He is well aware of the dangers of ...

New Jersey is collecting and destroying firefighting foams containing PFAS, a family of chemicals linked to cancer, to ...

A 2-year study tracked the toxic reach of forever chemicals from a 51,000-gallon spill of firefighting foam in 2024.

A new firefighting foam made from soybeans is now in the hands of the Fitchburg Fire Department, and it's free of the harmful ...

Countless firefighters in Michigan—and across the country—have spent decades handling a chemical-laden firefighting foam ...

A new soy-based firefighting foam offers a potential alternative for firefighters across the country who have long relied on specialized foams to extinguish dangerous fuel fires -- foams that often ...

For decades, firefighters used a foam that contained PFAS, or forever chemicals, that can cause cancer and other illnesses. Now a "PFAS Annihilator" can destroy the toxic chemical in the foam.

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Soybeans could soon have a promising new market as a safer firefighting solution, replacing traditional foam that relies on toxic chemicals that don’t break down. PFAS from ...

BETHLEHEM TWP. − The soybeans used to make soy milk and tofu can now be used to make firefighting foam that can extinguish a fire threatening your neighborhood. And several fire departments in Stark ...

A firefighter holds a handful of SoyFoam. The firefighting foam is PFAS free, biodegradable and made with a crop that's abundant in Ohio: soybeans. Outside the Harrison Township Fire Department, in ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - A bill advancing through the Iowa Senate would require fire districts and city councils in the state to consider switching to a soybean-based firefighting ...