Maine lawmaker sponsors several bills to get rid of toxic firefighting foam
Toxic, potentially cancer-causing firefighting foam, like what spilled in Brunswick last year, is still being used in some ...
Brunswick foam spill contaminated nearby fish, DEP confirms
Results that took months to obtain show that fish in nearby water had high concentrations of toxic chemicals. Shellfish ...
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Airport maintenance facility to bring at least 150 jobs; Texarkana Regional awaiting federal funding
The expansion would bring about 150 jobs with an average salary of $50,000 each, airport Executive Director Paul Mehrlich ...
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South Korea plane crash bodies ‘left sprawled on hangar floor’ as family fury grows over disaster that killed 179
THE remains of victims killed in a horror plane crash in South Korea were left on the floor of the hangar, families claim. Distraught relatives of the 179 who died in the disaster at Muan ...
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The World's Fifth-Largest Economy Is About to Ban Most Polystyrene Foam
California, the most populous U.S. state and fifth-largest world economy, will effectively ban the use of most expanded plastic foam food containers on January 1, a move conservationists called a ...
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Toxic firefighting foam that spilled at Brunswick airport shipped out of Maine
In the meantime, there are still more than 2,000 gallons of foam in other fire suppression systems at the Brunswick Executive Airport inside hangars 5 and 6. Also read: Cleanup crews work to ...
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Maine lawmakers respond to Brunswick PFAS firefighting foam spill with new legislation
In August, 1,450 gallons of PFAS-laden foam, which mixed with 50,000 gallons of water, accidentally released from a hangar at Brunswick Executive Airport. The Department of Environmental Protection ...