Forcefield Protective Headgear™ has been independently tested at McGILL University  Canada at INTERTEK Laboratories USA and certified by INSPEC International  United Kingdom Tested under the same rigid conditions as those for hockey helmets for absorbing and spreading out initial impact over a larger area: the international ASTM F 1045-87 Standard Performance (drop test) Specification as well as F2439-06 for soccer injuries (head-to-head  head-to-goalpost  head-to-hard-surface)