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HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS IN SPORTSWEAR


CONSUMER AWARENESS GUIDE FOR CHEMICALS IN SPORTSWEAR (DRAFT).

Why sportswear?

There is currently no hazardous chemical information provided to consumers.

Modern sportswear is designed to interact with your sweating skin, keeping you feeling dry and fresh, easy to care for and brightly coloured.

How is this achieved?

Eleven chemical groups used in textiles have been identified from documents supplied by leading apparel brands and chemical suppliers. http://www.roadmaptozero.com/

The ChemSec Sin list database has been used to identify hazardous chemicals from these groups to obtain substance classification.  http://sinlist.chemsec.org/


Carcinogenic (cancer causing), Mutagenic or toxic to Reproduction - CMR

Heavy metals (cadmium, lead, mercury, chromium (VI))
Organotin compounds
Phthalates
Perfluorinated compounds
Halogenated solvents
Polyaromatics
Aromatic amines

Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxics - PBT

Heavy Metals (cadmium, lead, mercury, chromium (VI))
Organotin compounds
Perfluorinated compounds
Chlorobenzenes
Polyhalogenated alkanes
Alkylphenols

Endocrine (hormone) Disruptor Chemicals - EDC

Organotin compounds
Polyhalogenated aromatics
Alkylphenols


If you wish to find out more about the toxic chemicals used in textiles, that you and your children wear directly next to your skin. You can browse the named chemical groups in textiles listed above and contact your sportswear brand.

Written by Golf Refugees 2015.
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