14 Brands Of Clothing Containing Toxic Substances Were Banned By The European Union 20 Years Ago.

Clothing poisonous and harmful substance Residual will do harm to people's health. In 4-5 this month, Greenpeace purchased 78 samples of 15 clothing brands in 18 countries including China, Britain and Argentina, including Sportswear , Casual Wear And footwear. The origin of these samples relates to 13 textile producing countries such as China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Greenpeace sent these samples to a qualified third party Laboratory for testing. It was found that 14 of the 15 garment brands had problems. Among the 78 samples, 52 samples contained residual toxic and harmful substances.

According to the survey, 2/3 products including Adidas and Lining were found to contain a substance named NPE. The Chinese name of NPE is Nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether 。 According to Zhang Kai, director of the green peace pollution control project, NPE is often used as a surfactant in textile production, and is quickly released into the environment and decomposed into NP. NP, the Chinese name is nonylphenol, is a recognized environmental hormone. It stimulates the mimic estrogen and has an effect on the sexual development of organisms. Therefore, it interferes with the endocrine of the organism and is toxic to the reproductive system. At the same time, NP may also attack organisms through food chain. Research shows that even if the concentration of NP emitted is very low, it is also harmful to the human body.

At present, there is no evidence that clothing with substance NPE is directly harmful to human body, but for children, it is dangerous because they may bite these clothes.

As for how to eliminate the problem of NP composition, the experts say that the manufacturer usually eliminates it by washing several times, but after washing the water discharged into production and life, it is likely that it will continue to circulate and circulate to the human body again. Therefore, it can not eliminate the threat to human health.

Reporters noted that the production of these toxic and hazardous residues of clothing manufacturers are mostly Developing country China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and other countries mentioned in the sample are developing countries. The European Union banned the use of NPE in production 20 years ago.

Greenpeace released this report, hoping that consumers will have a clearer picture of the current situation and pressure consumers through manufacturers. According to the report, Greenpeace requires these brands to immediately disclose information about toxic and harmful substances to the public, and undertake to eliminate and exclude the use and discharge of toxic and harmful substances in their production chains.