A new soy-based firefighting foam offers a potential alternative for firefighters across the country who have long relied on ...
A firefighter sprays a mixture of water and foam during a demonstration of a soy-based firefighting foam on Sept. 10, 2024, in West Fargo, North Dakota. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor) In the search ...
Soybeans could soon have a promising new market as a safer firefighting solution, replacing traditional foam that relies on ...
Firefighters across Colorado protect people from devastating fires, but the materials sometimes used to put out the flames could hurt the very communities they're saving. Those materials we're talking ...
Made with soy flour, SoyFoam is the first and only Greenscreen Certified Gold Fire Foam with zero intentionally added PFAS ...
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 ...
Firefighters sometimes use a special type of foam to put out fires caused by flammable liquids, like gases or solvents. But ...
The latest compromise version of the new defense policy bill would allow the Department of Defense to continue using firefighting foam laced with “forever chemicals,” a group of environmental ...
Dozens of factory workers were exposed to toxic chemicals within firefighting foam over decades, BBC File on 4 Investigates ...
DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – For decades, fire departments across Illinois used a firefighting foam, known as Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF), which turned out to be toxic and linked to cancer. The use of ...
A container of a soybean-based firefighting foam is displayed during a demonstration of the product in West Fargo, North Dakota, on Sept. 10, 2024. (Jeff Beach | North Dakota Monitor) In the search ...