Greenpeace claims top-brand clothing garments tainted with toxic chemicals

Friday, August 26th 2011 - 03:14 UTC

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Toxic chemicals harmful to the environment and to human health have been detected in products made by 14 top clothing manufacturers, Greenpeace said this week. Read full article

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GeoffWard2
I did a bit of research on these ionic and non-ionic surfactants a long time back - effects on environment and immersed oranisms in contaminated watercourses (LD50, behavioural modifications, etc).

Brunel Uni. were doing good work on these oestrogen chemical mimics in rivers.

Time moves on, and industrial use/contamination has shifted to China, where it is a real environmental problem.

Human danger is small, especially danger associated with wearing clothes with minute cleaning residues.

The best ref. I have come across is the 2010 EPA Report:
Nonylphenol (NP) and Nonylphenol Ethoxylates (NPEs) Action Plan
[RIN 2070-ZA09]
http://www.epa.gov/oppt/existingchemicals/pubs/actionplans/RIN2070-ZA09_NP-NPEs%20Action%20Plan_Final_2010-08-09.pdf

Well worth a scan.
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