EU New Regulation: EU 2017/1000, June 13 2017

A new European Commission Regulation EU 2017/1000 was published on June 13 2017 regarding perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related substances.

The regulation requires that by 4th July 2020, fire fighting foam concentrates are not allowed to include a concentration greater or equal to:

25 parts per billion (ppb) of PFOA or its salts
1000ppb of one or a combination of PFOA-related substances

Our range of Aberdeen Foam AFFF-C6 concentrates already meet this regulation - and contain considerably fewer than the maximum quantities allowable under this regulation - three years before it comes into force!

Component	Amount allowable under EU Regulation EC 2017/1000	Amount contained in a typical produced Aberdeen Foam AFFF-C6 concentrate
PFOA or its salts	<25ppb	0.015ppb
PFOA-related substances	<1000ppb	0.54ppb

Further information on PFOA and the background to these changes can be read in our Knowledge Base here.

Note: 1 part per billion = 0.0000001% of a substance, so typically our Aberdeen Foam AFFF-C6 contains 0.0000000015% of PFOA or its salts and 0.000000054% of PFOA-related subtances.