Saturday, October 4, 2014

New Report: Hazardous chemicals in our clothes – Aftonbladet

New Report: Hazardous chemicals in our clothes – Aftonbladet

The number of hazardous substances in our clothes may be greater than has been previously known.

According to a new report from the Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate discovered 350 out hazardous substances in a study .

Chemicals Inspectorate examined 2,500 subjects and 350 of them turned out to be a health or environmental hazard, according to Sveriges Radio.

53 of substances are banned in the EU today, but 80 percent of the fabrics used in manufactured outside the EU. Which means that it is often not known which chemicals that are actually in the fabrics, according to SR.

Common chemicals in clothing, for example, dyes and Chemicals Agency believes that there is a great ignorance of the problem.

– Most of them are allergenic. It stands out quite well, the kind of chemicals that give allergies’re often dyes, says Karin Thoran at Kemikalieinspektionen to SR.

She believes that too few substances are regulated in the EU legislation in the current situation.

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