Greenpeace welcomes H&M’s commitment to ban PFCs by 2013
Amsterdam, 4 September 2012: Global fashion retailer H &M has committed
to a global ban on any further use of Perflourinated Compounds (PFCs) including
all formulations (such as C8, C6 and C4) by 1 January 2013. Greenpeace Detox
Campaigner Martin Besieux said:
"Greenpeace welcomes H&M's decision to completely ban all uses of PFCs
as it begins to deliver on its' Detox commitment to eliminate all releases of
hazardous chemicals from its supply chain and products.
“H&M's leadership position on this issue sends a clear message to all
other textile brands that the use of this hazardous and hormone-disrupting group
of chemicals is not needed to manufacture clothing. We expect all other clothing
brands that care about their customers' safety and the environment to respond
with equal ambition and urgency and immediately ban all uses of PFCs.
“This landmark commitment should catalyse wider change within the industry
and sends a clear signal to global suppliers, such as W.L. Gore, the makers of
"Gore Tex", to create PFC-free alternatives."
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