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Project results POPFREE Ski Goes Global
The POPFREE Ski Goes Global project aimed to pave the way for reduced use of PFAS at the international competition level.
The project examined awareness of the health and environmental risks of PFAS and the interest in the use of PFAS-free ski waxes among elite skiers and professional ski waxers. Technologies that can enable fast and accurate control of PFAS content on skis were screened and proposed. And together with key stakeholders from international skiing, a joint roadmap was drafted for how to phase out PFAS in competitive skiing.
Roadmap towards PFAS-free competitive skiing (pdf, 896.64 KB)
During the project in November 2019, the FIS Council decided to introduce a total fluoride ban in all skiing disciplines. The ban was implemented during season 2023/2024 in all skiing disciplined after the development of a robust and validated measurement method to detect PFAS on skies before competition.
Fact sheet - PFAS in skiing (pdf, 250.47 KB)
Survey results: competitive skiing and flourinated ski waxes (pdf, 2.71 MB)
Duration: 2019-03-04 - 2019-10-31
Total budget: 1 006 286 SEK
Funded by: Vinnova
Project team: RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB, Peak Innovation, NILU Norwegian Institute for Air Research, WSL - Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Swedish Chemicals Agency (KEMI), Brav Norway AS