Spurred on by last year's Brunswick Landing chemical spill, a Maine legislative committee unanimously endorsed two proposals Wednesday that would catalog, collect and destroy the state's unwanted stockpile of toxic firefighting foam.

Efforts to get harmful “forever chemicals” out of firefighting foam used in Oregon are closer to being realized.

The Oregon Senate has passed a bill aimed at banning "forever chemicals" in firefighting gear, following studies that have found these substances to be harmful to both people and animals. The legislation specifically targets the chemicals found in foam substances used by firefighters to extinguish fires.

There are several bills targeting toxic firefighting foam in Maine after a massive spill in Brunswick over the summer.