For decades, firefighters used a fire-fighting foam that contained PFAS, the substances known as ‘forever chemicals’ that can cause cancer and other illnesses.
In Ohio, the state began working early with a company that has created a “PFAS Annihilator” to destroy the toxic chemical in the foam.
WYSO’s Adriana Martinez-Smiley reports.
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