Read the full article by Jared Strong (Iowa Capital Dispatch)
“A bill that received preliminary approval in the Iowa Senate on Wednesday would force municipal and county airports to stop buying firefighting foams with toxic chemicals that persist indefinitely in the environment.
Senate File 2229 targets perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances — commonly known as PFAS or “forever chemicals — which have been detected in the drinking water of more than a dozen Iowa cities and are linked to cancers and other health ailments.
The airports would have to end the use of foams containing PFAS by 2026.
Federal regulators are poised to impose strict drinking water limits this year on a handful of the chemicals, and airports that have used the foams are a well-established source of groundwater contamination.” …