A HOLDINGS, SHIZUOKA CITY SEAL DEAL TO ADDRESS PFAS CONTAMINATION ISSUES

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 (Bernama) -- A Holdings Co Ltd and Shizuoka City have signed a partnership agreement to solve per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination problems domestically and internationally using a subcritical water integrated system.

According to a statement, both parties have been working on a PFAS contamination removal demonstration experiment at Shizuoka City's "Miho Rainwater Pump Station" where high concentrations of PFAS were detected.

Based on the experimental results showing successful contamination removal of up to 88.7 per cent, a "Partnership Agreement for Promoting Efforts to Remove and Detoxify PFAS in the Environment and Implement the Subcritical Water Integrated System to Realize an Environmentally Advanced SDGs City", has been signed recently.

Prior to the agreement, in Shizuoka City, high concentrations of PFAS exceeding the national provisional guideline values have continued to be detected in waterways and well water around the factories that are the cause in Shimizu Ward.

Upon hearing that Shizuoka City had set up a countermeasure team within the city hall and was exploring ways to deal with this problem, A Holdings proposed a demonstration experiment for PFAS contamination removal using its subcritical water integrated system.

After laboratory verification, the company installed a pressurised floating separation device using its special technology at the Miho Rainwater Pump Station in July this year and began a demonstration experiment for PFAS contamination removal.

Based on the positive results, A Holdings and Shizuoka City will continue the demonstration experiments aimed at reducing contamination below the national provisional guideline values.

As a result, an agreement has been reached with the aims of promoting research and social implementation of PFAS contamination removal technology using a subcritical water integrated system, realising Shizuoka City as an environmentally advanced Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) city through business development based in the city.

Furthermore, A Holdings will also establish a new corporation, with Shizuoka City participating in it, to solve environmental problems worldwide, by promoting research and development for utilising the functions of this subcritical water integrated system in multiple ways.

-- BERNAMA