Brand Clothing Fell Into Toxic Door, Kunming Store Has Not Received Recall Notice

Recently, the international environmental protection and Greenpeace organization pointed out that 20 international and domestic brands including ZARA, Metersbonwe and Levi "s" have been pointed out in the latest report, "tidal current or dirty flow: the investigation of residual toxic and harmful substances in the global fashion brand".

A variety of harmful substances were detected.

Among them, more than 60% of the samples were found to contain toxic substances nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether (NPE), ZARA two clothing was detected carcinogenic aromatic amine.

Test results:

141 samples were detected hazardous substances.

It is understood that in April this year, Greenpeace purchased 141 garment samples in 29 countries (regions), including 20 well-known international and domestic names including ZARA, Metersbonwe and Levi 's.

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114 pieces

The categories include men's wear, women's wear and children's wear.

According to the test report, 141 samples were tested for nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether (NPE), of which 89 were detected with NPE and almost all brands.

In addition, the detection of o-benzoic acid two formic acid was carried out on 31 garments printed with plastic soles. The results showed that two samples of phthalic acid esters were detected on 31 samples, of which 4 samples were detected with high concentration of environmental hormone o-benzoic acid two.

In addition to 7 white samples, the test also detected carcinogenic aromatic amines in all dyed garments.

As a result, ZARA's two jeans were detected to contain 5 mg / kg of aromatic amine.

Although some toxic clothing has not been sold in China, it is reported that the detection rate of toxic and harmful substances in China's 34 samples is as high as 70%.

Kunming:

No recall notices were received in all shops.

Yesterday afternoon, the reporters visited Kunming's Jack&Jones, Calvin Klein, Levi 's and ZARA store respectively.

At ZARA South Asia store, reporters saw many customers being selected and tried on.

Sales are normal.

Ms. Lee, who is picking sweaters, told reporters that she did not know the news of clothes containing toxic substances. But if the information on the Internet is true, she will be cautious about buying clothes that are suspected of being brand names.

As for the products to detect toxic substances, sales staff of ZARA, Jack&Jones, Calvin Klein, Levi 's and other brands said they did not know about the matter, and their staff had not received any notice of the recall of the clothing containing toxic substances as of yesterday afternoon.

Subsequently, the reporter sent some mail to some of the companies to verify the case. Among them, ZARA parent Inditex replied to the email, "Inditex can ensure that the health and safety of the products are 100% high requirements and guarantees in the production process, and its health and safety standards are regulated according to the highest requirements in the world.

No reply to specific clothing is currently available. "

Mail also mentioned that Inditex is currently working with the environmental protection organization to strive for a convincing and practical commitment to detoxification.

Only NPE, phthalate two formic acid can be detected in export commodities.

In this regard, Yu Bin, chief of the inspection department of Yunnan Fiber Inspection Institute, said that in Kunming, all clothing sold normally is subject to safety inspection.

According to the state

The basic safety technical specification of products stipulates that China's textile products mainly check methanol content, pH value, color fastness, odor and decomposable carcinogenic aromatic amine dyes. For "tidal current or dirty flow: survey of toxic and harmful substances in the global fashion brand", nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether concentration (NPE) and o-benzoic acid two are only required in export and environmental protection and ecological textiles.

Yu Bin chief said, if the clothing contains harmful substances, only by naked eye and touch can not be found, unless some harmful substances add too much, will give a pungent taste, otherwise it must be sent to professional inspection to be found.

How toxic are these substances?

NPE: it is recognized as an environmental hormone in the world. It is widely used in printing and dyeing and cleaning processes in the textile industry.

In addition to the textile industry, NPE can also be used as surfactants and detergents.

Research shows that even if the concentration of this substance is low, it is also very dangerous.

Once it is discharged into the environment, it will exist in the environment for a long time, and it can enter the food chain and gradually enlarge through the food chain.

At the same time, it also has the function of mimicking estrogen, so once it enters the organism, it will affect the normal reproduction and development of the organism.

Aromatic amines are used to produce azo dyes, but then when aromatic dyes are decomposed, aromatic amines are released.

The aromatic amine - ortho anisamine detected here is a carcinogen and may also cause cancer in humans.

O-phthalate two: it is a plasticizer, mainly used for making patterns and letters on clothing.

It can cause reproductive toxicity as human mouth and hands enter the body. It can affect the development of testicles, reduce sperm count and female infertility, especially for children and pregnant women.