Wear Adi, Li Ning clothing will be precocious?

I heard that drinking powdered milk can cause precocious puberty and did not expect wearing sportswear may also lead to precocious puberty.

Ady Lining and other branded clothing were detected toxic

Recently, the International Environmental Protection Organization released a report titled "Poison Recessing Clothing - Investigation of Remains of Toxic and Harmful Substances in Global Brand Clothing". This report pointed out that Adidas, Li Ning and other international and domestic famous brands of products contain "environmental hormone" nonylphenol Polyoxyethylene ether NPE. Following the water pollution of the "Sword Finger" clothing brand in July, many well-known brands were again pushed to the forefront.

NPE may lead to precocious puberty

NPE, a nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether, is a kind of surfactant, which is a commonly used chemical additive. It is not a dangerous product in itself. Because of its good chemical effect and low price, it is widely used in the production of garments and detergents. The clothes we wear everyday and the detergent used in our life are likely to contain such substances. In order to ensure the softness, smoothness, wrinkle-resistance, and non-fade of finished clothes, manufacturers will use dyes, softeners, refining agents and other nearly 20 kinds of additives in the process of raw material processing. Most of these additives contain NPE ingredients. Therefore, the residual NPE in the finished clothes is very high.

NPE residue on the clothes through the skin contact, respiratory inhalation into the human body, will affect the body's reproductive system, medical experiments show that such hormones may lead to precocious puberty, and to a certain extent will inhibit the development of male signs. And it is hard to degrade. Once it enters the environment, it will also cause damage to the ecosystem.

In addition to NPE, there are many opportunities for clothing to be contaminated throughout the entire production process. Many raw materials for clothing such as cotton, if used in large quantities in the process of planting pesticides, even after repeated processing, there will be a small amount of pesticide residues, the skin will often cause harm. In addition, various dyes, fixing agents and finishing agents used in clothing dyeing and anti-shrinkage treatment processes contain formaldehyde, decomposable aromatic amines and other substances that induce skin irritation, respiratory diseases, and even cancer, and heavy metal ions.

NPE actually has alternatives

At present, environmentally friendly and harmless “isomeric alcohol surfactants” can replace NPE, but the price of this alternative is higher than that of NPE, and the use of the substance has higher requirements for the technical level of the manufacturers. Most of the companies are out of cost. For convenience and ease of use, do not use it. However, as long as garment manufacturers use environmentally-friendly chemical raw materials in the processing of their clothes, NPE residues can be completely avoided.

Related laws need to be improved

Due to concerns about the safety of NPE, some developed countries and regions have prohibited the use of it for up to 20 years. The EU has promulgated the "REACH Regulation" in 2005 to prohibit the use of NPE and NP in the textile production industry. Earlier this year, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the General Administration of Customs released the "China's Catalogue of Toxic Chemicals for Strict Restrictions on Imports and Exports" for the first time listing nonylphenol (NP) and nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether (NPE) as import-export prohibited substances. However, China has not yet made provisions for the NPE content of domestic products.

Consumers buy clothing tips

Experts suggest that consumers should not blindly pursue the versatility of clothes, whether it is cotton or polyester fabrics, the more functions, the more processing procedures, the more chemical materials used, the greater the chance of infecting toxic substances. When choosing clothes, especially underwear and children's clothing, consumers should try to choose lighter colors that use less dye. Newly-replaced clothes should be washed before wear. “Because NPE is very water-soluble, it should be washed by water. Most of the residual harmful substances can be removed."

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In July 2011, Greenpeace, an international environmental organization, released an investigation report entitled "Fashion of Fashion - A Global Survey of China's Water Pollution Brands". The report pointed out that the industrial waste water discharged by 14 domestic and international well-known apparel brands from two suppliers in China, namely Youngor Textile Industrial City in Ningbo and Zhongshan Guotai Dyeing and Finishing Co., Ltd. located in Zhongshan, can contain endocrine disruptors and affect the reproductive system. Environmental hormones. The Chinese and foreign apparel brands involved in the survey include: Abercrombie & Fitch, Adidas, Bauer Hockey, Calvin Klein, Converse, Cortefiel, H&M, Lacoste, Nike, PVH Corp, Puma, Li Ning, Metersbonwe and Youngor.