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[email protected] Textiles: Stop the chemical overdose! The concern about chemicals in textiles WECF Copyright, october 2013 Copying parts of this report is allowed on the condition that the source is mentioned Textiles: Stop the chemical overdose! Towards more coherent and transparent rules in the EU and beyond for a better protection of workers, consumers and the global environment Authors: Madeleine Cobbing, Chapter I Elisabeth Ruffinengo, Chapter II WECF would like to thank the Steering committee members of this textiles project for their valuable contributions to this report: Marie-France Corre, Sustainable Consumption consultant, France Weronika Rehnby, Product manager Bra Miljöval Textiles (Good Environmental Choice Textiles), Swedish Society for Nature Conservation Kevin M. Brigden, Greenpeace Greenpeace research Laboratories, Exeter, UK Kristina Saarinen, Air Emissions, Team Leader Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production, Finnish Environment Institute Laurence Vaton, Consultant, France WECF would like to thank the European Environment and Health Initiative (EEHI) and Oak Foundation, the French Ministry of the Environment, and Foundation Lea Nature for their support. 2 瑞旭技术-希科检测 www.cirs-group.com/test/ 咨询热线:4006-721-723 邮箱:
[email protected] Textiles: Stop the chemical overdose! The concern about chemicals in textiles Table of Contents CHAPTER I 1. The impacts of hazardous chemicals on children’s health ..................................... 7 1.1 Vulnerability of the unborn child, infants and children to hazardous chemicals ............. 7 1.2 Hazardous chemicals - setting the scene ....................................................................... 8 1.3 Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) ......................................................................