Airports Join Firefighting Foam MDL Seeking Compensation for PFAS Clean-Up
In December 2018, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated federally filed firefighting foam lawsuits involving claims of per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminating groundwater near various military basis, airports, and other industrial sites. Aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs) are highly effective at dousing…
