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Soy foam product seen as safer firefighting alternative to ‘forever chemicals’

A container of a soybean-based firefighting foam is displayed during a demonstration of the product in West Fargo, North Dakota, on Sept. 10, 2024. (Jeff Beach | North Dakota Monitor) In the search ...
AOL

Using soybeans to fight fires? Area agencies eyeing switch to new SoyFoam

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 ...
AOL

Soy-based firefighting foam offers PFAS-free alternative, and new markets for farmers

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 ...
ABC Kcrg 9

Soybean-based firefighting foam could replace ‘forever chemical’ foam

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - A bill advancing through the Iowa Senate would require fire districts and city councils in the state to consider switching to a soybean-based firefighting ...
AG Week

A new soybean use could make the firefighting industry safer, more environmentally friendly

WATERTOWN, S.D. — As the soybean industry continues to develop innovative soy-based products, one new partnership between the United Soybean Board and Georgia-based company, Cross Plains Solutions, ...
Concord Monitor

Fire departments offload PFAS-laden firefighting foam

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KOMU

Boone County Fire says soy-based foam has health, economic, environmental benefits

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 ...
WVXU

Ohio will help fire departments destroy PFAS-laden firefighting foam

Revive Environmental president and CEO David Trueba is showing Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio EPA director Anne Vogel one of the PFAS annihilator units that will be used to destroy AFFF. Ohio has launched ...
Sun Journal

Lewiston has some PFAS firefighting foam ready for use

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News Tribune

Pasco 1st to remove ‘forever chemical’ firefighting foam under new WA program

Pasco Fire removed 140 gallons of PFAS-containing AFFF foam from the city. The Washington Department of Ecology runs statewide collection and 90 stations signed up. Pasco replaced the toxic foam with ...
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Soy foam product seen as safer firefighting alternative to ‘forever chemicals’

A firefighter sprays a mixture of water and foam during a demonstration of a soy-based firefighting foam on Sept. 10, 2024, in West Fargo, North Dakota. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor) In the search ...