Milliken & Company, headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina, has become the first textile manufacturer to offer ...

The 7News I-Team has been at the forefront of uncovering a hidden danger silently impacting our nation's firefighters.

Horry County’s firefighters are being outfitted with response equipment free of chemicals known to cause cancer. “We’re ...

The Illinois House passed a bill Thursday night to ban companies from manufacturing, selling, and distributing firefighting ...

Because of constantly using turnout gears and firefighting foams in extinguishing fires, firefighters are exposed to PFAS in their day-to-day, which puts them on the line much more than the nature ...

The results of their discovery are published in a study, which unpacks the chemical structure of PFAS and pinpoints the characteristic ‘bulkiness’ they sought to replicate in a safer form. It also ...

After learning of the disturbing potential exposure, Baker immediately stopped wearing gear during non-emergency activities ... call for the removal of PFAS from turnout gear and to find safer ...

To speed research efforts, the PFAS Alternatives Act 2023 proposes creating a $25 million fund for research and testing of PFAS-free turnout gear and another $2 million yearly for firefighter ...