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Are your clothes making you sick? The opaque world of chemicals in fashion (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 years ago by daitya@lemmy.world to c/health@lemmy.world

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Some of the chemicals scientists have found in garments – such as tributyl phosphate, dimethyl fumarate, and disperse dyes – can be acutely toxic or hazardous, causing skin reactions or asthma. Others have been proven, outside of their use on clothing, to have links to cancer, reproductive toxicity, allergies, and skin sensitization.

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