For decades, PFAS, or polyfluoroalkyl substances, have been used in various industries and consumer products due to their ...

It’s not uncommon nowadays to fill a glass of water from your tap and wonder what chemicals and contaminants may be lurking ...

Janet Mills signed a bill banning the use of firefighting foam that contains toxic forever chemicals at the former Brunswick ...

Three years after joining a nationwide class action lawsuit, the village of Bridgeport received its first settlement check last week. During a council meeting Tuesday, Solicitor Michael Shaheen ...

It lists 3M Company, Tyco Fire Products, Chemguard, Buckeye Fire Equipment Company, Kidde-Fenwal, National Foam, Dynax Corporation, ... (aqueous film-forming foam) for firefighting, ...

Besides their use in firefighting foam, PFOS and PFOA are common compounds found in a variety of products, including a formula of Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF).

“In the event it were to be used, we would take every precaution necessary to mitigate or eliminate the release of (aqueous film-forming foam) into the environment.

He said things like Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF), which firefighters have used for years before it was discontinued for use, can persist in the soil for many years. The regional water quality ...

A field-scale validation is summarized comparing the efficacy of commercially available stabilization amendments with the objective of mitigating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) leaching ...

A new law, which classifies PFAS as hazardous waste, could make the difference, the state environment secretary says.

Mechanisms of stability of foams with and without oil are presented in this chapter based on the structure and stability of the thin liquid films (foam lamellae). The drainage and stability of ...