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

Toxic, potentially cancer-causing firefighting foam, like what spilled in Brunswick last year, is still being used in some ...

A. PFAS are the colloquial name for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as forever chemicals. They’re used in everything from firefighting foam (because they can survive extreme ...

Harmful PFAS chemicals in U.S. drinking water could be linked to thousands of cancer cases annually, highlighting a growing ...

The report on the review of the Pease clean-up also details the Air Force’s installation of the Airfield Interim Mitigation ...

Five buildings in that area were identified as likely culprits based on whether they stored a special firefighting foam that contains PFAS. The foam, known as AFFF, is appreciated by firefighters ...

Residents in one coastal village cannot fish, swim or grow food due to contamination by "forever chemicals", and live in fear ...

PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a family of man-made chemicals used for their water- and stain-resistant qualities in products like clothing and carpet, nonstick cookware, packaging ...

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

If enacted, the bill would require employers to provide PFAS-free fire suppression foam and prohibit foam containing PFAS, by ...

The hefty estimate comes from The Forever Pollution Project, a European research and journalism investigation.