Are your clothes giving you cancer? A TV program in New Zealand will expose this week that “scientists found formaldehyde in woollen and cotton clothes at levels 500 times higher than is safe,” according ton an article in the Sunday Star Times. The article said, “exposure to formaldehyde in concentrations of 20 ppm (parts per million) can cause eye, skin and nasal irritations, respiratory problems, asthma and CANCER.” AgriQuality scientists tested kids clothing and adult clothing from China and found formaldehyde ranging from 230 ppm to 18,000 ppm. Some clothes tested have a reading “900 times the level that actually causes harm.” Even clothes with a “Made in New Zealand” label but made with imported Chinese fabrics also contained chemicals such as harmful dyes that did not wash out or wear off the way formaldehyde did. That included clothes from top-end designer labels. Question: Is anyone testing clothes in the U.S. or elsewhere for cancer-causing substances?
Original post by Mike
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