2026年7月11日 美国东部时间晚上9:38 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：马克·斯特拉斯曼
马克·斯特拉斯曼 资深全国通讯员
马克·斯特拉斯曼是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻驻亚特兰大的资深全国通讯员，报道过包括太空探索在内的诸多题材新闻。他同时也是《面对全国》节目的资深全国通讯员。
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新泽西州伯灵顿县——数百个新泽西州消防部门正在淘汰经证实可灭火的泡沫。为什么？
“这就像坐在一颗炸弹上，”雅各布斯敦志愿消防队长罗伯特·甘卡兹告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，“我该怎么处理这个？”
自20世纪80年代中期以来，雅各布斯敦消防站一直使用一种名为水成膜泡沫（简称AFFF）的消防泡沫。甘卡兹迫不及待地处理掉了全部580加仑泡沫。
“我正在使用的工具本身可能会引发健康问题，”甘卡兹说，“它们可能会致命。”
水成膜泡沫中还含有全氟和多氟烷基物质，即PFAS，俗称“永久化学物质”。多项研究表明，接触该泡沫会提高消防员的癌症发病率。
新泽西州是十几个正在努力收集、移除并销毁当地所有水成膜泡沫的州之一。截至目前，该州已从各消防站收集了超过15万加仑泡沫。所有泡沫都已被运抵专门从事全氟和多氟烷基物质销毁业务的俄亥俄州Revive Environmental公司。
“我们通过超临界水反应器直接处理这些泡沫，”Revive Environmental公司首席执行官里克·吉莱斯皮说，“从这些反应器中排出的是干净的水。”
但数十年来，消防员的防护装备中也含有全氟和多氟烷基物质。
“装备里到处都是这种物质，”76岁的“布茨”·甘卡兹——罗伯特·甘卡兹的父亲说道，“每次穿上它出警，都会接触到。”
布茨·甘卡兹毕生都在从事 firefighting 工作。2024年，医生诊断他患上了结肠癌。
“我会战胜这个病魔的，”布茨·甘卡兹说，“他们还没来得及往我脸上撒土呢。”
罗伯特·甘卡兹向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻展示了本部门新的不含全氟和多氟烷基物质的泡沫，这种泡沫以大豆为原料制成。
“我们需要多使用一点这种产品，但它仍然可以灭火，”罗伯特·甘卡兹说。
他接受了血液检测，结果显示其体内全氟和多氟烷基物质水平高于美国普通人的平均水平。
当被问及是否担心自己可能患上癌症时，罗伯特·甘卡兹回应道：“这绝对是一件令人非常、非常害怕的事情。”
各消防部门处理消防泡沫
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/fire-departments-rid-cancer-linked-foam-extinguisher/消防部门致力销毁致癌泡沫灭火剂：“这就像坐在一颗炸弹上”（时长2分49秒）
New Jersey works to destroy firefighting foam laced with cancer-linked PFAS: “It was like sitting on a bomb”
July 11, 2026 9:38 PM EDT / CBS News
By Mark Strassmann
Mark Strassmann Senior National Correspondent
Mark Strassmann is CBS News’ senior national correspondent based in Atlanta. He covers a wide range of stories, including space exploration. Strassmann is also the senior national correspondent for “Face the Nation.”
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Burlington County, New Jersey— Hundreds of New Jersey fire departments are getting rid of foam proven to put out flames. Why?
“It was like sitting on a bomb,” Jacobstown Volunteer Fire Chief Robert Gancarz told CBS News. “How am I going to get rid of this?”
Jacobstown’s fire station had used a firefighting foam called aqueous film-forming foam, or AFFF, since the mid-1980s. Gancarz eagerly got rid of all 580 gallons of it.
“The very tools I am using can cause health problems,” Gancarz said. “They can kill you.”
AFFF is also laced with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, PFAS, commonly called “forever chemicals.” Studies link AFFF exposure to higher cancer rates among firefighters.
New Jersey is one of more than a dozen states that are working to collect, remove and destroy all of their AFFF. The state has so far collected more than 150,000 gallons from fire stations. All of it has been trucked to Revive Environmental, an Ohio company that specializes in PFAS destruction.
“We process it directly through our super critical water reactors,” said Rick Gillespie, CEO of Revive Environmental. “And what comes out of those reactors is clean water.”
But for decades, firefighters’ protective equipment also contained PFAS.
“It was in the gear and everything,” 76-year-old “Boots” Gancarz, Robert Gancarz’s father, said. “I had that every time you put it on and went to a call.”
Boots Gancarz fought fires all his adult life. In 2024, doctors told him he had colon cancer.
“I’m going to beat this,” Boots Gancarz said. “They ain’t shoveling dirt in my face yet.”
Robert Gancarz showed CBS News his department’s new PFAS-free foam. It is made with soybeans.
“We have to use a little bit more of this product, but it can still put the fire out,” Robert Gancarz said.
He has been blood-tested and his results showed PFAS levels higher than those of the average American.
Asked if he is worried about a possible cancer diagnosis for himself, Robert Gancarz responded, “It’s definitely a scary, scary thing to think about.”
Departments getting rid of firefighting foam
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/fire-departments-rid-cancer-linked-foam-extinguisher/Fire departments work to get rid of cancer-linked foam extinguisher: “It was like sitting on a bomb” (02:49)
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