Clean Harbors Launches “Total PFAS Solution” Addressing Customers’ Forever Chemicals Needs
- Solution Includes Lab Analysis, Filtration, Removal and PFAS Destruction
- “Total PFAS Solution” is the Market’s First and Only Customizable End-to-End PFAS Offering
- Company Positioned to Serve as Critical Partner to a Variety of Industries in Addressing Their PFAS Needs
“Through our discussions with customers in recent years, it was clear that the market is in desperate need of a singular PFAS offering that is a true end-to-end solution, so we set out to develop just that,” said
“Regulations around PFAS have begun to finally take shape in recent years as the
History of PFAS in the
PFAS compounds have been manufactured in the
Eventually, the detrimental health effects of certain categories of PFAS became clear. There has been a strong linkage of PFAS to cancer rates, birth defects and other medical conditions. Addressing PFAS contaminants in various media became a major focus of regulatory authorities across the country. While the
A Total Solution for All
“One of the challenges with PFAS is that it involves a wide variety of compounds that, in some cases, have been used for more than 50 years,” said Gerstenberg. “Many of these chemicals continue to spread through the environment because they never degrade. There are huge stockpiles of these compounds, as well as contaminated soil and water at countless locations. These include current and former industrial facilities that produced or utilized PFAS, locations still holding AFFF, military bases, airports, and other industrial facilities that frequently used AFFF for years, or in drinking water where it has leached into groundwater from the soil. Our Total PFAS Solution enables us to be a critical partner for many companies and industries trying to address this credible threat to the environment and human health. Our end-to-end solution includes thermal destruction at our incineration facilities, including state-of-the-art pollution and emission controls. We view this as the best solution for eliminating PFAS and the data generated by our study supports the confidence we have in our technology.”
Incineration Study Results
The results of the Company’s 2021 testing demonstrated that common legacy and replacement PFAS – including PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS and Gen-X PFAS – are efficiently and effectively destroyed in Clean Harbors’ high-temperature thermal destruction units at levels exceeding 99.9999% of destruction. Achieving destruction of greater than 99.9999% is equivalent to demonstrating that for every million mass units of a compound introduced into the incinerator, less than one mass unit is detected at the stack. Under the testing conditions, not only were the PFAS compounds sufficiently destroyed, but ambient concentrations from stack emissions were orders of magnitude safer than any state or federal ambient air limit guideline in effect.
“Since our third-party study was completed, we have continued to share our methodology and results with regulators, government entities and customers, many of whom are seeking a reliable solution to best address forever chemicals,” Battles concluded. “Not only can we help them safely eliminate the most dangerous members of the PFAS family, but with today’s launch of our Total PFAS Solution, we can address all of their PFAS needs.”
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