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Soy-based firefighting foam offers PFAS-free alternative, and new markets for farmers

A new soy-based firefighting foam offers a potential alternative for firefighters across the country who have long relied on ...
Oregon Public Broadcasting

Washington wants to get rid of ‘forever chemicals’ in firefighting foam. So it’s shipping the foam to an incinerator in Utah

Firefighters sometimes use a special type of foam to put out fires caused by flammable liquids, like gases or solvents. But ...
WOSU Public Media

Firefighters face an increased risk for cancer. Can firefighting foam made with soybeans help?

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 ...
Tri-City Herald

Pasco 1st to remove ‘forever chemical’ firefighting foam under new WA program

Pasco Fire removed 140 gallons of PFAS-containing AFFF foam from the city. The Washington Department of Ecology runs statewide collection and 90 stations signed up. Pasco replaced the toxic foam with ...
WESA

Pennsylvania residents, firefighters support legislation to ban toxic firefighting foam

Firefighters spray fire suppressant foam to douse flames on a tanker truck in a simulated oil-spill fire during a drill on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. For about 20 years, Julie Cassidy ...
WHYY

Pennsylvania residents, firefighters support legislation to ban toxic firefighting foam

File - Firefighters spray fire suppressant foam to douse flames on a tanker truck in a simulated oil-spill fire during a drill on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) This ...