Toxic chemicals found in children's clothes
Toxic chemicals found in
children's clothes: Greenpeace
Dangerous chemicals have been found in international brands in
children’s clothing and shoes, Greenpeace said Tuesday.
A new examination by the environmental campaign group presented that
at least one article from every brand was found to have chemicals that
"Can have adverse impacts either on human reproductive, hormonal or immune
systems".
In 2012 the campaign group held a "Toxic" fashion show in
Beijing to catch the attentions to its allegation that two-thirds of
high-street garments it tested contained dangerous chemicals.
"This is a nightmare for parents everywhere looking to buy
clothes for their children that don't contain hazardous chemicals,"
Greenpeace East Asia campaigner Chih An Lee said in a statement Tuesday.
"These chemical 'little monsters' can be found in everything from
exclusive luxury designs to budget fashion, polluting our waterways from
Beijing to Berlin," Lee added.
Of the products tested, 50 items, or 61 percent, were found to contain
nonylphenol ethoxylates, or NPEs, which the group said could break down and
become toxic "Hormone disrupters".
High levels of PFOA, an ionic per fluorinated chemical that can cause
reproductive harm, were also found on some products.
We have to be more aware and paying attention to what we wear and what
we buy even if the brands globally recognized.
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