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Fire departments work to get rid of cancer-linked foam extinguisher: "It was like sitting on a bomb"
Fire departments across the U.S. are replacing foam extinguishers containing cancer-linked 'forever chemicals.' More than a dozen states are working to collect, remove, and destroy the foam.
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