Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A company hired to help extinguish a fire that gutted a northern Illinois chemical plant this week used foam containing toxic ...

Foam insulation is an important material used in houses and buildings. A wide variety of components are used to make insulation in various forms; some are flammable, some require toxic chemicals.

For decades, firefighters used a foam that contained PFAS, or forever chemicals, that can cause cancer and other illnesses. Now a "PFAS Annihilator" can destroy the toxic chemical in the foam.

BOSTON (SHNS/WWLP) – Attorney General Maura Healey is joining the nationwide tsunami of lawsuits against companies that manufacture ubiquitous forever chemicals contained in firefighting foam in hopes ...

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 ...

The latest version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) gives the Pentagon more time to use firefighting foam that contains “forever chemicals.” Lawmakers on Sunday released a negotiated ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Pennsylvania lawmakers could soon ban a dangerous chemical present throughout the state. The State House unanimously passed a bill Tuesday that would ban per- & ...

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — Two workers had to be flown to a trauma center for burns after the foam insulation they were spraying in a home attic caught on fire. On Thursday, just before noon, the fire ...

The recent chemical foam spill in Batavia did not have any impact on the quality of drinking water in Aurora, officials said. On March 8, a malfunctioning fire suppression system at an industrial ...

WASHINGTON, DC, April 16, 2011 (ENS) – The U.S. EPA is considering a ban or restriction on consumer insulation and sealant products containing a family of chemicals known as diisocyantes. The ...

A company hired to help extinguish a fire that gutted a northern Illinois chemical plant this week used foam containing toxic compounds that have tainted surface waters and groundwater across the U.S.