A new tool is helping to annihilate dangerous PFAS in firefighting foam
For decades, firefighters used a foam that contained PFAS, or forever chemicals, that can cause cancer and other illnesses. Now a "PFAS Annihilator" can destroy the toxic chemical in the foam.
Ohio launched an AFFF takeback program in 2024 to remove these toxic foams from fire departments across the state. Nearly 14,000 gallons of stored foam were collected, as many departments had been unsure how to safely dispose of it and could not afford incineration or out‑of‑state disposal options.
The collected foam is processed by Revive Environmental, a spinoff of the non-profit applied science organization Battelle. Revive uses a device known as the “PFAS Annihilator,” which relies on advanced chemical processing (supercritical water oxidation) to break the PFAS molecules down entirely, transforming the foam into water with PFAS levels below detectable limits.
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