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

(WLUK) -- Some departments are starting to fight fires with soybean-based foam as an alternative to chemical-based products. It's also helping Wisconsin farmers. “It's a new concept for firefighting ...

A new Wisconsin bill could help fire departments purchase firefighting foam made from soybeans. This organic foam is a safer alternative to foams containing toxic "forever chemicals," or PFAS. Testing ...

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 ...

Efforts to get harmful “forever chemicals” out of firefighting foam used in Oregon are closer to being realized. The state Senate voted nearly unanimously Tuesday to pass Senate Bill 91 and ban ...

A new soybean-based firefighting foam is hitting the market to compete with traditional foams that use harmful “forever chemicals.” Traditional firefighting foams contain per- and polyfluouroalkyl ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firefighting foam, used at airports and military bases, has been identified as a source of toxic PFAS chemicals. (Photo courtesy ...

Firefighting foam, used at airports and military bases, has been identified as a source of toxic PFAS chemicals. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Fire Administration via Iowa Capital Dispatch) Buy Photo The ...