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Exchanging one poison for another: It’s costing the military millions to clean up chemicals from toxic firefighting foam, but the new formula isn’t any safer

https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-02-27-costing-the-military-millions-to-clean-up-toxic-firefighting-foam-chemicals.html

February 27, 2018 -

Developed during the '60s, aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) forms a thin layer over the surface of a combustible material. This layer starves the fire and stops the release of potentially explosive fuel vapor.

AFFF was widely used around the world by the U.S. and other countries, sometimes to fight real fires but mostly to train firefighters.

The foam relied on fluorinated surfactants to spread itself across surfaces. These chemicals were comprised ...

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