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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