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Outdoor clothing brands still using ‘forever chemicals’ despite health risk (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Midnight to c/collapse

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[–] dabu@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ok but which companies?

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Probably all of them. The chemicals are very useful for waterproofing.

[–] boyi@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 4 months ago

Did you read the article?

Páramo and Finisterre use no PFAS in their products, while Fjällräven, Alpkit, Lowe Alpine and Patagonia are mostly PFAS free. They and more than a dozen other firms say they will end their PFAS use next year.