Is F-500 EA safe to the environment?

Q: Is F-500 EA safe to the environment?

Nontoxic and Non-Skin Sensitizing F-500 was found to be non-sensitizing when tested in accordance with OECD-406. Nonhazardous F-500 EA contains no ingredients reportable under Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) Title III, Section 313 of 40 CFR-372 or the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) as of July 1, 1995. F-500 EA is discarded as non-hazardous waste under RCRA CFR261. Fully Biodegradable Testing shows that F-500 EA is 100% fully biodegradable. As with any substance, care should be taken to prevent uncontrolled discharge from entering groundwater, surface water or storm drains. With advance notice, F-500 EA can be treated by local biological wastewater treatment plants. The lower the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), the lower the demand for oxygen and the better for the aquatic ecosystem. F-500’s BOD is 87% less and COD is 80% less than that of several AR-AFFF products. EPA NCP Product Schedule Listed F-500 EA is listed on the National Contingency Plan Product Schedule of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a surface washing agent.

Nontoxic and Non-Skin Sensitizing
F-500 was found to be non-sensitizing when tested in accordance with OECD-406.

Nonhazardous
F-500 EA contains no ingredients reportable under Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) Title III, Section 313 of 40 CFR-372 or the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) as of July 1, 1995. F-500 EA is discarded as non-hazardous waste under RCRA CFR261.

Fully Biodegradable
Testing shows that F-500 EA is 100% fully biodegradable. As with any substance, care should be taken to prevent uncontrolled discharge from entering groundwater, surface water or storm drains. With advance notice, F-500 EA can be treated by local biological wastewater treatment plants.

The lower the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), the lower the demand for oxygen and the better for the aquatic ecosystem. F-500’s BOD is 87% less and COD is 80% less than that of several AR-AFFF products.

EPA NCP Product Schedule Listed
F-500 EA is listed on the National Contingency Plan Product Schedule of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a surface washing agent.