🔥 Free Monthly Webinars (30 minutes): Check out the schedule! Extremely Popular (Don't miss out) 🔥Learn More

Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances ("PFAS")

Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances ("PFAS")

The acronym PFAS stands for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) which is collective term for a large, complex group of man-made chemicals used in industry and consumer products worldwide since the 1940s, and is now regarded as a now regarded as a pollutant.

There are many types of PFAS, where the best known examples used in fire fighting foam include:

Australia’s Department of Health considers the release of PFAS into the environment as an emerging concern because PFAS is highly persistent in groundwater and in the soil and has been shown to be toxic to fish and some animals.

Disclaimer

In preparing this definition, we have drawn from various sources including Legislation, Codes, Standards and industry information, research and knowledge.  Like the english language, these definitions may subtly change from time to time. As such these definitions are provided solely on the basis that users will be responsible for making their own assessment of the definition and and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information.