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19/01/20

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Originally posted by kingpins ↑

They have apparently been using a lot of fire retardants in the fight against the bush fires and although there is a bland statement on the Gov web page that they don't effect people is it true

Fire retardants throughout the world have had problems with being carcinogenic and the NSW government was in along running court case regarding this issue and all the Army bases were also suspected of using bad products and there are also fire stations closed to the polution

Is anyone aware of the name of the product being used in the fire bombing ?

Did anyone even bother to find out if all the stuff they are dropping everywhere is safe ? as there are a lot of people in the firing line and exposed to that stuff.

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Hi KP
I'm long out of the firefighting game, but we use to call it Phoschek. I vaguely remember a class describing the chemical composition, but the only thing that stuck was that its a combination of fertilizer salts, colouring agents and some other stuff to regulate the flow characteristics.
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