3M Company is trying to overturn rules put in place in Michigan last year which would limit the release of so-called “forever chemicals” used in firefighter foam into the state’s water supply, in a lawsuit filed last month.…
A new study reveals that volunteer firefighters have high levels of toxic chemicals found in firefighting foam in their bodies, and that the levels build up over the course of their careers.…
Vermont lawmakers are preparing to ban PFAS chemicals from firefighter foam and many consumer products due to their risk to human health and drinking water supplies.…
A new study finds more than half of women who are exposed to tear gas suffer menstrual irregularities.…
Firefighting foam lawsuits are now being investigated due to links to an increased risk of cancer which manufacturers knew or should have known about for decades.…
A recently filed lawsuit alleges a hydraulic fracturing industry worker contracted prostate cancer due to exposure to firefighting foams used near oil extraction operations.…
A new study finds that deaths from chemicals commonly used in paint strippers has increased in recent years, leading researchers to call for the removal of methylene chloride as a common ingredient.…
Dole says chemicals released by Shell and Dow have contaminated drinking water supplies near one of its California facilities.…
New legislation introduced in Congress seeks to set regulatory standards for PFAS chemicals found in toxic firefighter foam.…
A water district in Colorado says its groundwater was contaminated by chemicals in firefighter foam used at a nearby U.S. Air Force base.…
