(Natural News) Fires are one of the most devastating disasters that can hit families, incinerating everything in a matter of seconds. It can also lead to deaths and severe injuries. According to the National Fire Protection Agency, the number of domestic fires in the U.S. has been steadily rising since the 1990s. While most people […]

(Natural News) House lawmakers will soon decide on a piece of legislation that will force military bases to stop using firefighting foam that contains the toxic chemical PFAS. The measure, which is included in the House Armed Services Committee’s first draft of the defense authorization bill, also contains a provision for environmental clean-up funding and […]

(Natural News) Residents of Oscoda, Michigan are furious about the toxic PFAS and that have contaminated the picturesque Van Etten Lake. In a Circle of Blue report, the pollutants came from an old U.S. military base that made heavy use of firefighting foam. Nicknamed Paddletown U.S.A., Oscoda is closely linked with the bodies of water in […]

(Natural News) Yet another U.S. military installation joined the seemingly endless list of facilities with contaminated water supplies. In a report from The Cape Cod Times, the drinking water and groundwater around Joint Base Cape Cod showed dangerous levels of cancer-causing chemicals. Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) have been detected in the local […]

(Natural News) The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has issued a fish consumption advisory for three lakes in three separate Michigan counties. Multiple samples of fish taken from these sites are testing positive for mercury and cancer-causing polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). Bluegill, sunfish, largemouth and smallmouth bass taken from Freska and Versluis […]

(Natural News) When it comes to the issue of toxic firefighting foam, the U.S. military is always fighting a futile rearguard action. It used the same fluorine-heavy formula for decades and dumped tons of that same foam into the sea. Now it’s spending billions on clean-up efforts, and its supposedly new foam formula is just more of the […]