IMPORTANT NEWS FROM TG

Concerning the regulations on PFOA, effective since July 2020.

1. Regulation (E1U) 2017/1000 on PFOA, its salts and related substances.
2. Regulation (E1 U) 2020/784: PFOA as New entry in Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants concerns production sale and use.

To help understand how TG Products has responded to the restriction on Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); known as “CB” Chemistry, in the manufacture of firefighting foam which, effectively, comes into force on 1 January 2023.
Our legacy AFFF (CB chemistry) contained PFOS and was banned under the 2009 Stockholm convention. We ceased supply in good time.
It was replaced by AFFF (CB) which contained PFOA. We stopped supplying this in 2016.
From 2016 to date, we supply AFFF (C6) which contains PFHxA.
Our alcohol-resistant foam is AFFF (C6) based which contains PFHxA.
The legislation relates to any substance that can degrade to produce PFOA “Long chain’ CB fluorinated Firefighting foam is one of those. The use of PFOA, its salts and PFOA-related compounds shall be allowed in fire-fighting foam for Class B fires already installed, until 4th July 2025, subject to the following conditions:

a. Fire-fighting foam that contains or may contain PFOA, its salts and/or PFOA-related compounds shall not be used for training.
b. Fire-fighting foam that contains or may contain PFOA, its salts and/or PFOA-related compounds shall not be used for testing unless all releases are contained.
c. As from 1 January 2023, uses of fire-fighting foam that contains or may contain PFOA, its sats and/or PFOA-related compounds shall only be allowed in sites where all releases can be contained.
d. Fire-fighting foam stockpiles that contain or may contain PFOA, its salts and/or PFOA-related compounds shall be managed in accordance with Artide 5.