Discover what Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) is and its dangers, including environmental impact and health risks due to PFAS chemicals. Learn about its use and safety concerns in fire suppression.

Brunswick airport’s toxic foam spill highlighted the need to transition to safer alternatives. A Brunswick legislator is ...

The analysts forecast the global aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) fire extinguish agent market to exhibit a CAGR of 3.68% during the period 2019-2024.The report covers the present scenario and the ...

This article is the second in a series, A Fire Hose of ‘Forever Chemicals,’ which can be seen in entirety here. In a wooded ...

Barrels of firefighting foam were collected around New Hampshire and sent to Ohio. Last month, remnants of the foam returned ...

A new Alaska state law bans using the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) based firefighting foams. The law, adopted ...

That would be a significant change. Before treatment, the firefighting foam, known as Aqueous Film-Forming Foam or AFFF, was great at fighting tough fires, like those ignited by gasoline or jet fuel.

There is no place for me to hide.” Like many states, Maine is struggling to determine how to dispose of its stockpile of toxic aqueous film-forming foam, or AFFF, stored in its fire stations ...

Concern has since spread to PFAS in many other sources with a focus on aqueous film-forming foam used for decades by firefighters. The foam contains a relatively high percentage of PFAS that can ...