Many Large And Fast Fashion Brands Are Exposed To Plasticizers And Aromatic Amines.

Brand covers a wide range.

Tommy, Vitoria's secret and other big brands, H&M, ZARA, GAP, MANGO, Vic and other fast fashion brands are also involved. Other brands such as ONLY, VERO MODA, Jack&Jones are also mentioned.

In response, different brands responded differently.

Promises will be taken to investigate, and strive to eliminate harmful substances in the supply chain; van cerpin insists that the product has no quality and safety problems; Martha, a retail giant, has made a commitment to phase out toxic and harmful substances in clothing in the future.

What are these carcinogenic aromatic amines released from nonylphenol polyoxyethylene, o-phthalic acid two and azo dyes? Reporters interviewed experts from Zhejiang University.

20 brands, 141 samples

Most brands are noxious.

The brands are Armani, CK, Diesel, Esprit, Gap, H&M, Jack&Jones, Levi, s, Esprit, Vitoria's secret, Zara, H&M and so on.

In the report of Greenpeace International, the carcinogenic aromatic amine released from nonylphenol polyoxyethylene, o-phthalic acid two and azo dyes is the main toxic and harmful chemical components.

"We purchased 141 pieces in 29 countries (regions) around the world.

Samples of 4 samples were found to have high concentration of o-benzoic acid two formate, and environmental hormone nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether (NPE) was detected in nearly 2/3 of the samples.

In addition, most of the samples were found to have different kinds of industrial chemicals with potential hazards.

Li Yifang, director of the Greenpeace pollution control program, told reporters that like NPE, a ZARA product in Chinese sales samples, the content of NPE is as high as 2600mg/kg, and that of Metersbonwe's jeans reaches 2100mg/kg.

Reporters leafed through the latest issue of the state in 2010.

In addition to this regulation, the limit value of aromatic amines is 20mg/kg, but there is no definite requirement for the limit value of chemicals such as nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether, o-phthalate two formic acid, etc.

"The EU has strictly prohibited the use of such chemicals in clothing, but in China, the above chemical reagents are strictly restricted to import and export, but they are in production, use, discharge and

The definition is not clear.

Li Yifang said.

International companies have committed themselves to:

Safe use of chemicals in textiles

For the Greenpeace International survey, different brands have different voices.

H&M will take an investigation into Greenpeace commitments and work hard to eliminate harmful substances in the supply chain. Before that, Martha, a fashion retailer, made a promise last month after a serious environmental violation of material suppliers in China. "It will completely eliminate perfluorinated compounds before June 1, 2016, and will eliminate all the toxic and harmful substances in its garment production process and garments in the global scale (including China) by 2020."

It has also published a set of new chemical commitments with Greenpeace, involving the safe use of chemicals in textile production.

Metersbonwe, a domestic brand, had no response.

Yesterday evening, the reporter called van Kee pin, customer service staff insisted that the product no quality and safety problems, "we have received similar queries, and have told manufacturers to strictly control the quality and safety issues, all products sold by customers are sold according to national standards," and customer service said, "the so-called chemical substances are actually unavoidable, perhaps in your household detergent also have these substances."

Experts: it's hard to say whether carcinogenesis is harmful.

So what is the impact of the "carcinogenic substances" that will be exposed to the human body? If we have purchased the "problem clothes", is there any way to minimize the harm?

In fact, we are not completely unfamiliar with these chemicals.

Nonylphenol polyethoxylates play an important role in our daily detergents, while o-phthalic acid esters are commonly known plasticizers, that is, plasticizers. Too much contact will directly affect the fertility of the human body, and women can lead to infertility, while men will lead to a decrease in sperm count. Two.

Whether these chemicals can cause cancer depends on its specific content and the contact time with the human body.

Professor Shen, Department of chemistry, Zhejiang University said.

The exposure of the clothing brand, including the famous underwear brand Vitoria secret and CK, for the body wearing clothing, the harm caused by more public attention, "plasticizers such substances can not be used to eat, if long-term contact with the skin, will certainly be harmful to the body, such as triggering dermatitis."

Chen Yiyong, an expert in organic chemistry at Zhejiang University, said.

Bought new clothes and how to wash them to avoid these harmful substances.

1. nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether and o-phenyl two formate can be dissolved in water. Theoretically, they can be removed by washing.

However, "this substance can be washed away, but it will not be very thorough."

Professor Shen said, therefore, we suggest that when you use the washing machine, the strength will reach the maximum gear, and you can wash it repeatedly after hand washing.

2. aromatic amines, though not soluble in water, are soluble in acids. Chen Yiyong suggests that when you wash clothes, you can add a little diluted vinegar to help reduce the residue of such substances.