Why Is Levi'S, The Cowboy Originator, Being Tested For Toxic Consumers?

Levi's jeans

For many friends, it is a "Star" that never dies. However, behind some star products, there are many hidden health risks.

Levi s is a famous brand of jeans. As the "originator" of jeans, it has been popular in the United States through the 1.5 centuries, and has become a fashion acceptable to men, women, young and old all over the world.

A few days ago, consumers responded to the focus of Huicong net, saying that she wore only a few times' Levi 's jeans, and washed a few drops of water. The quality of the T-shirts she bought before was not very good. Suddenly a tear appeared at the bottom of the hand before washing, resulting in a failure to wear it again.

The author contacted the Levi's store that the consumer bought the product, but was rejected according to the consumer's request. The person in charge of the store said that the label had been dismantled, and the replacement period was over, and that it was caused by the consumers themselves.

Consumers feel angry and helpless, indicating that the quality of jeans can not be directly proportional to their brand awareness and high price.

The consumer's problems are not "groundless."

Recently, a Greenpeace survey found some brands including Levi 's, Giorgio Armani and other brands.

A variety of harmful residues such as nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether (NPE) were detected. Among the 31 samples with offset patterns, several samples of the three brands of TommyHilfiger, Armani and Vitoria contain high concentration of environmental hormone, two carboxylic acid, which is also a plasticizer, and these clothing brands are sold in China.

It is reported that offices in Greenpeace have bought 141 garments in 29 countries (regions) of the world, and a total of 20 famous brand samples.

The test results showed that all the brands sampled contained one or more products containing toxic chemicals.

Greenpeace said that these residues not only directly affect the health of the contacts, but also indirectly pollute the environment in the production and use of clothing.

Hui Cong net focus perspective learned that as early as March 15th, the Liaoning provincial Consumers Association held a comparison test results of wool knitwear, jeans and other products. Levi, s and other brands of jeans were exposed due to excessive formaldehyde and other problems. The test results showed that 4 batches of 14 batches of samples did not meet the standards. The main problems were formaldehyde content exceeding standard and dry friction color fastness not reaching the standard.

The national basic safety technical specification for textile products stipulates that the formaldehyde content of direct contact with skin clothing should not exceed 75mg/kg, and the test results of this jeans are more than the national mandatory requirements.

Huicong network focused on the perspective of interview with expert Xu Aiying, she said, children's clothing and everything needs to be dyed after dyeing.

It is possible to use formaldehyde to buy jeans with different colors. It is also necessary to be careful because formaldehyde may be used in the process of bleaching and dyeing.

Clothing products with high formaldehyde content will gradually release free formaldehyde during the wearing process, which will cause harm to human health through contact with human respiratory tract and skin.

Long term exposure to formaldehyde can cause respiratory and skin inflammation, and even induce cancer.

In the process of wearing clothes with unqualified color fastness, rain and sweat will cause pigments to fall off and fade, and it may be harmful to human health through skin absorption.

In view of the above problems, Xu Aiying, the expert, has some faded and obsolete jeans. It is necessary to apply high pressure on cowboy cloth and baking tiny particles of silicon dioxide with fire to achieve the desired results.

However, if the body inhaled a large amount of silica dust, it would be threatened by silicosis.