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A bill advancing through the Iowa Senate would require fire districts and city councils in the state to consider switching to ...

A new soy foam is eliminating cancer-linked chemicals for firefighters.

COLUMBIA — Boone County Fire Protection District says is taking a step forward by adopting a new "groundbreaking" plant-based firefighting foam made from soybeans. SoyFoam TF 1122 is a foam free of a ...

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A new soy-based firefighting foam offers a potential alternative for firefighters across the country who have long relied on specialized foams to extinguish dangerous fuel fires -- foams that often ...

Air Force firefighters are transitioning to a new PFAS-free foam to combat fuel fires, eliminating what had been a key source of chemical contamination in water systems near military installations.

BETHLEHEM TWP. − The soybeans used to make soy milk and tofu can now be used to make firefighting foam that can extinguish a fire threatening your neighborhood. And several fire departments in Stark ...

State Sens. Gene Yaw and Nick Miller recently introduced bipartisan Senate Bill 980, designed to limit the manufacture, sale, distribution and use of firefighting foam containing per- and ...

SB 1230 sets a July 1, 2028, deadline to ban the possession and use of the toxic firefighting foam containing PFAS in Florida ...

SoyFoam, developed by Georgia-based Cross Plains Solutions, is biodegradable and reportedly as effective as chemical-based foams. The product SoyFoam is reportedly free from "forever chemicals" and ...