Numerous states have either enacted or proposed regulations regarding per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) present in Class B Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (“AFFF”) used for firefighting, or ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Jeff King has served on the volunteer fire department in Corydon, Kentucky, for over ...

A cup full of single-use, ion-exchange, gel-based media sits atop valves that control a groundwater remediation system being used to remediate polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from groundwater at the ...

Taxiing jet engines groaned on the tarmac, their fumes filling the Port of Seattle's firetruck bays on an early summer day here. Snaking hoses connected tanks and filters in a complex cleanup ...

Florida is set to begin phasing out a firefighting foam long used on fuel fires as concerns grow over the PFAS compounds it contains. These forever chemicals and their links to cancer and other ...

Firefighting foam from last summer’s spill at Brunswick Executive Airport floated on the wind in the days after the discharge. Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald This article is the first in a series, ...

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 ...