TÜV (German organisation responsible for regular checkup of cars for road safety, plus any number of other things) has declared that freekick spray isn't allowed to be used. Apparently, after testing for nine days, they found that the brand the league had wanted to use
- is doing something to hormones - has too many greenhouse gases for the way it's declared - doesn't give the content volume in the correct way - isn't marked as flammable
DFB has been looking for an alternative because the foam in question was very expensive anyway.
Using the current spray as planned would, according to TÜV, be a misdemeanour and incur a fine.
Let me state once and for all that news like this is why I love this country. The mix of being concerned for everything from health to climate even in things like this with the utter absurdity of performing day-long tests on a bottle of spray that is probably being used five times per match is very comforting.
Bundesliga banned from using vanishing spray because of health and safety
TÜV (German organisation responsible for regular checkup of cars for road safety, plus any number of other things) has declared that freekick spray isn't allowed to be used. Apparently, after testing for nine days, they found that the brand the league had wanted to use
- is doing something to hormones
- has too many greenhouse gases for the way it's declared
- doesn't give the content volume in the correct way
- isn't marked as flammable
DFB has been looking for an alternative because the foam in question was very expensive anyway.
Using the current spray as planned would, according to TÜV, be a misdemeanour and incur a fine.
Let me state once and for all that news like this is why I love this country. The mix of being concerned for everything from health to climate even in things like this with the utter absurdity of performing day-long tests on a bottle of spray that is probably being used five times per match is very comforting.