Ep 47 Season 7 Peter Murphy EPOC Enviro Australia SAFF Foam Fractionation

About this episode

In this episode, Kayleen Bell interviews Peter Murphy about foam fractionation as a method for removing PFAS from water.

Welcome back to the Talking PFAS podcast.  If you are joining me for the first time a very big welcome to you.   I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell. Last episode I brought you a discussion with Adjunct Professor David Beale.  He is a senior research scientist who leads the CSIRO’s Ecosurveillance Systems team in Queensland.  We discussed David’s work looking at the effects of PFAS on some freshwater turtles in Queensland, following a PFAS contamination event.  And I encourage you to have a listen to that episode. Today my guest and I will be discussing in depth one of many remediation methods for removing PFAS from water.  Specifically we will be talking about the method of foam fractionation to remove PFAS.  My guest is Peter Murphy, the Managing Director of EPOC Enviro.  This Australian company has recently managed to secure patents in Australia and the US for their SAFF technology. On the 10/03/2025 EPOC Enviro announced the recent approval of its foam fractionation patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office, securing exclusive rights for SAFF technology in the territory through to December, 2040. And on the…

People in this episode

Host: Kayleen Bell

Guest: Peter Murphy

Topics covered

• PFAS
• water remediation
• foam fractionation
• environmental technology

Keywords

• EPOC Enviro
• SAFF technology
• patents
• environmental science

Mentioned in this episode

Products: SAFF technology

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Places: Australia, Queensland, US, Down Under, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, France, Italy

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