Many Famous Brand Clothes Contain Harmful Substances Or Affect Reproductive System.

Greenpeace announced yesterday (20) 20. Brand clothing In the survey, there are many well-known international brands such as ZARA, Calvin Klein and Levi 'S. Among these 20 brands, about half of them are sold in Taiwan.

Many famous clothing Brand contains harmful substances

According to reports, Greenpeace 20 released 20 brands of clothing sampling inspection of hazardous substances residues, 63% of the samples detected toxic chemicals.

Greenpeace conducts a global sample survey of 20 fashion brands. Lai Qianru, director of the Greenpeace pollution prevention and control project, said that the test was to purchase 141 items in 29 countries and regions, including Taiwan. clothes Samples were tested for NPE residue.

Greenpeace detection results showed that in 25 samples purchased from countries and regions, NPE was detected in all samples. 1 of the brands were tested for nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether (NPE); 89 of the 141 samples (63%) detected NPE, and plasticizers and carcinogenic aromatic amines were found. The 20 brands are 1/2, which has a sales base in Taiwan.

Lai Qianru pointed out that 2 samples purchased in Taiwan were Levi 's men's T-shirt and Zara Tong trousers, and 2 of them were detected toxic and harmful substances. Among the samples purchased in other countries, 8 samples of Calvin Klein were tested, 7 were detected NPE; 9 Gap samples contained 7 pieces containing NPE; 9 ESPRIT samples had 6 pieces containing NPE; 9 Tommy Hilfiger had 6 containing NPE.

Greenpeace called on clothing brands to pledge to poison before 2020.

It was also reported that Greenpeace announced the results in 43 countries and regions in the world yesterday, and contacted all the clothing brand headquarters, calling for social responsibility, and publicly committed to poison before 2020, so as not to endanger human health.

Lai Qianru said that 63% of the toxic substances were detected in the survey, indicating that 37% of the qualified persons could use alternative substances instead of NPE as a chemical dye. Greenpeace has launched a joint consumer campaign on the global website to require the companies named to stop using toxic chemicals.

　 Experts recommend controlling NPE from the source.

According to reports, Li Junzhang, Professor of Taiwan Cheng Da Medical College, said that since nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether was decomposed and metabolised by nonylphenol (NP), it was recognized as a dangerous environmental hormone in the world. He suggested that control should be done from the source, and at least a limited standard should be set.

Yuan Shaoying, director of environmental hygiene and toxicology management in Taiwan, said that at present, Taiwan and the international community only regulate NPE not to be used in cleaning products. textile industry No NPE was banned, or textile allowance was set for it.

NPE may affect reproductive system.

Yang Zhenchang, director of the Institute of environmental and occupational health at Yangming University, Taiwan, said human skin has protective functions. NPE does not absorb much through the skin, but animal experiments confirm that long-term exposure will affect endocrine and reproductive functions. He said that at present there is not much human research, but reasonable doubt may affect male sexual function and increase the risk of breast cancer in women.

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Nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether (NPE) is called nonylphenol polyethoxy alcohol (NPEO) in Taiwan. The EPD of Taiwan is controlled by the first class of toxic chemicals and has control methods in raw materials, manufacturing, production, export and storage.

NPE is mainly used in detergents, surfactant, textile as stabilizer, precipitant, refining agent, penetrant, dispersant, precipitant, emulsifier, stabilizer and soaping agent. At present, only detergents are banned in Taiwan.

Greenpeace said that once NPE entered the sewage treatment plant or in the environment, it would be decomposed into persistent, bioaccumulative and disrupting endocrine system of nonylphenol (NP), which accumulated in fish and entered the human body through the food chain. The Convention on the protection of the marine environment of the northeast the Atlantic was included in the first list of chemical substances with priority clearance and began to limit its use 20 years ago, with the goal of disabling it in 2020.

It is understood that NPE is not yet a good substitute in industry.