Sentences with phrase «in firefighting foam»

It is used in firefighting foam, including the type used at the nearby Stewart Air National Guard Base.

The chemical is used in firefighting foam, particularly the type used at airports.

Fort Drum near Watertown and the old Army depot are among 664 military sites nationwide that will be tested for tainted groundwater from chemicals in firefighting foam.

Not exact matches

New York in August declared Stewart Air National Guard Base a state Superfund site, with historic use of firefighting foam the likely cause of the contamination.

Although phased out in 2002, PFOS has been a key ingredient in the types of firefighting foam used at the base for emergency response and training exercises.

She predicted DOD would be named polluters in cases where PFOS, linked to firefighting foam used at military installations, leaked into water supplies, such as in Newburgh.

The initiative would not only increase the cap but also would upgrade geographically specific spill response plans for state and federal officials, establish a state liquid firefighting task force that would be in charge of deploying flammable liquid firefighting foam and other supplies along rail lines across the state and provide more training for local fire crews who would often be first responders to spills.

State regulators blame the use of firefighting foams at Stewart Air National Guard Base for the contamination and, in response, have funded Newburgh's purchase of water from New York City and a new filtration system designed to eliminate PFOS from water.

The chemicals are used in industrial manufacturing of non-stick goods, including food packaging, furniture, cookware and firefighting foam.

Heitzman says the Newburgh PFOS contamination is in a different watershed and comes from Stewart Air National Guard base, where there were releases of highly concentrated firefighting foam from storage tank leaks and training exercises.

«PFASs are used in many everyday products such as fabric linings, non-stick pans and firefighting foams,» said Dr Crispin Halsall from Lancaster University's Environment Centre.

Past use of PFAA - containing foams, such as those employed in firefighting training, may account for the higher levels, the researchers suggest.

But regulators are concerned that they may stick around in the environment - like PCBs, and dioxin, and the fluorochemicals in non-stick products and firefighting foams before them - building up to levels that can cause a hazard to aquatic life.

In December of 2013, the small Swedish town of Ronneby discovered elevated levels of PFOS in the drinking water, also linked to firefighting foaIn December of 2013, the small Swedish town of Ronneby discovered elevated levels of PFOS in the drinking water, also linked to firefighting foain the drinking water, also linked to firefighting foam.

In a special report published on The Intercept, writer Sharon Lerner pieces together an alarming picture detailing the use of PFC - containing firefighting foam in the United States, primarily at military baseIn a special report published on The Intercept, writer Sharon Lerner pieces together an alarming picture detailing the use of PFC - containing firefighting foam in the United States, primarily at military basein the United States, primarily at military bases.

«Firefighting foam with a chemical thought to cause cancer and other health problems will be banned in two years for local fire departments and districts in Washington.»

Hundreds of current and former residents of Montgomery and Bucks counties in Pennsylvania have filed personal injury suits which have been added to a mass tort against six firefighting foam manufacturers.