Adidas And Other Brand-Name Outdoor Clothes Are Exposed To Poison, Which Can Cause A Decline In Fertility.

An international non-governmental organization recently released a test report that some of the world's famous outdoor sports brand clothing materials have toxic effects on health and the environment.

The list includes well-known brands.

TheNorth Face, Germany's first outdoor sporting goods brand JackWolfskin (wolf claw) and other 14 brands.

Experts said yesterday that consumers should put pressure on these brands so that they could eventually choose to replace substances.

14 famous brands contain harmful substances.

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Researchers from an international non-governmental organization in Amsterdam tested 14 outdoor clothing brands including children's and women's clothing, including German brand wolf claw, Adidas, Vaude and American brand TheNorth Face.

Perfluorinated compounds were found in 14 raincoats and rainpants randomly selected.

The report says

From yarn to fabric and even clothing, chemicals are used in order to enhance their special protective functions and make clothes easy to handle.

The report points out that harmful perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and other substances in perfluorinated compounds are mainly used for waterproofing and antifouling.

These fluorinated compounds are difficult to degrade from the environment and may enter the body through food, air and water.

Recent studies have suggested that these harmful chemicals may lead to a decline in fertility and other diseases of the immune system.

"Consumers may not be clear about what chemicals they are using when they produce these outdoor clothes, and what harmful substances they still have."

The report says.

Clothing containing perfluorooctanoic acid is not restricted at present.

Kirsten Brodde, an expert in the organization, said that currently, perfluorooctanoic acid contained in outdoor clothing is not subject to legal restrictions.

However, Germany is now putting this substance on the list of "extremely worrying substances".

Brodde said that this concept is widely accepted by many countries, including China.

"Consumers should put pressure on these brands so that they can eventually choose to replace substances."

Last year, companies including Nike and Puma have promised to take action to remove harmful chemicals from their products.

Yesterday morning, the wolf claw brand German headquarters media contact said they did not deny that they contained PFOA, and said they were seeking to replace it in 2015.

However, he said that because the content is too small, it will not cause harm to the human body.

Adidas responded that the content of the chemicals detected in all the tested products had no safety or health hazards to consumers.

By 2020, all products will reach zero hazardous chemicals.

Will reduce vaccine efficacy in children

A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicates that perfluorinated compounds (PFC) derived from pharmaceutical (food) wrapping paper may reduce the efficacy of vaccination in children.

As an important chemical product in twentieth Century, perfluorinated organic compounds are widely used in industrial production and consumer life.

For example, for chemical, textile, coatings, leather, synthetic detergents, cooking utensils, such as non stick pan, paper food packaging materials, etc.

In the Faroe Islands, American researchers conducted a long-term follow up survey of 656 children born in 1999-2000 years. At various critical ages, the contents of perfluorinated compounds in mothers and children were measured. It was found that the content of this substance in the blood of local residents was high, and this substance has been proved to cause rodent immunity decline.

According to "Legal Evening News"

Perfluorinated organic compounds (PFCs) are a class of organic compounds which are mainly composed of carbon atoms and fluorine atoms.

Because the C-F bond in the PFCs structure has strong polarity (bond energy of about 110 thousand cal / mol), the chemical properties of these substances are very stable, which can withstand high temperature heating, light, chemical action, microbial action and the metabolism of higher vertebrates.

As an important chemical product in twentieth Century, PFCs has been widely used in industrial production and consumer life.

For example, perfluorinated organic compounds used in chemical industry, textiles, coatings, leather, synthetic detergents, cooking utensils, such as non stick pots, and paper food packaging materials are common around the world.

Taking into account the ecological and environmental problems and human health hazards caused by such substances, the PFOS and its salts and perfluorooctyl sulfonyl fluoride were included in the appendix A or B of the Stockholm convention at the fourth conference of the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants, held in May 2009.

This means that these substances will be restricted worldwide.

Some countries and regions have already banned some perfluorinated organic compounds.