Amakhemikhali Ayingozi Afihliwe Ezimpahleni Zakho Zokujima

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Futhi manje, sibukeka sibhema kushisa ngenkathi silwela ukuba nempilo yethu, ngoba izingubo zokujima seziphenduke zaba zinhle kakhulu. Umsebenzi nemfashini kuhlanganisiwe ukuze kwakhiwe uhlobo olusha lwezingubo ezithophayo, ezisebenza kahle kakhulu-zazo zonke izabelomali. futhi osayizi bomzimba. Eqinisweni, izingubo zokujima ziyiyunifomu yansuku zonke yenani elikhulayo labesifazane, ngokusho kwenkampani yezolwazi yomhlaba wonke i-NPD Group. Sishintshele amabhulukwe e-skinny ngamabhulukwe e-yoga, ezemidlalo kuyinto esemthethweni, futhi ukuthanda kwethu igiya lesitayela ukuthengisa imfashini okukodwa. (Bheka ama-akhawunti ayi-10 ahamba phambili e-Instagram ongawalandela ukuze uthole i-Athleisure.)

Kepha lapho kufihlwa khona indawo ekufuneni kwethu okuhle kokuphila impilo enempilo. Sithenga imikhiqizo ehlanzeke kakhulu nokudla esingakugwema, sigweme ubuthi lapho kungenzeka khona nokuzivocavoca umzimba, kepha ingabe izingubo zokuzivocavoca esizigqokayo ngenkathi senza konke lokhu zibukela phansi imizamo yethu?

Okutholwe yimibiko emibili yeGreenpeace ngokuqukethwe kwamakhemikhali kwezemidlalo nemfashini kusikisela ukuthi kungenzeka. Ukuhlaziywa kwabo kuthole ukuthi izingubo zemidlalo ezivela emikhiqizweni emikhulu zinamakhemikhali ayingozi aziwayo, afana nePhthalates, PFCs, Dimethylformamide (DMF), Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs), kanye neNonylphenols (NPs). Futhi ucwaningo lwaseSweden lulinganisela ukuthi amaphesenti ayishumi azo zonke izinto ezihlobene nezindwangu "abhekwa njengengozi engaba yingozi empilweni yomuntu."

Esihlokweni esihlola amakhemikhali anobuthi ezingubeni zemidlalo, eshicilelwe ngu Unogada, UManfred Santen waseGreenpeace usikisela ukuthi asikwazi ukwazi imiphumela yala makhemikhali nokuthi ukuchayeka kuwo kaninginingi kungasithinta kanjani. "Ukugcwala [kwamakhemikhali] esiwathola engutsheni kungase kungadali izinkinga ezinobuthi kumuntu ogqokile esikhathini esifushane, kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ngeke wazi," kusho uSanten. "Abaphazamisi be-Endocrine [amakhemikhali angaphazamisa uhlelo lwama-hormone], ngokwesibonelo, awazi ukuthi ukuthinteka kokuchayeka isikhathi eside kuyini empilweni yabantu."

Le yinsimu entsha. Kunocwaningo oluncane ngesihloko (yize sikhula), futhi njengamanje abaningi abangaphakathi embonini bayawuchitha lo mbuzo njengongelona udaba. Simanqikanqika ukubuka ihhashi lethu lesipho eligqoke i-Spandex emlonyeni. Phela, ibhizinisi liyadlondlobala futhi sibukeka sisihle kangangokuthi akekho ofuna ukubuyela ezinsukwini zangaphambi kokuba izinkampani zezimpahla ezisebenzayo zazi inani le-dart ebekwe kahle.

Ukuba khona kwamakhemikhali ayingozi kunoma yiliphi inani igiya lethu lokujima, nokho, kufanele kukhathaze kakhulu ngoba liklanyelwe ukuhlala ngokumelene nokusebenzelana nesikhumba ezindaweni ezingqubuzana kakhulu, ezinyakazayo, ezishisa kakhulu, ezinomswakama ophezulu- njengalapho sisebenza. Inkampani ezimele yaseSwitzerland i-bluesign technologies-umdali wohlelo oluqinile lwesitifiketi sendwangu, okuhloswe ngalo ukuvimbela amakhemikhali akhathazayo ukuthi angangeni ezintweni zenqubo yokukhiqiza-ibeka izingubo "eziseduze nesikhumba" kanye "nokuphepha kwezingane" esigabeni esifanayo, "okuqine kakhulu" "okuphathelene namanani/ukuvinjelwa komkhawulo [kwekhemikhali]."

Noma kunjalo, umthengisi we-REI uthi "uhlobo oluthile lokuqedwa kwamakhemikhali lusetshenziswa cishe kuzo zonke izindwangu zokwenziwa ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukusebenza kwentambo." Ukubheka umaki ezingutsheni zezingubo ezisebenzayo kwembula ukuthi iningi lakhiwe ngezindwangu zokwenziwa. Futhi, izindwangu zobuchwepheshe eziningi ezinophawu lokuhweba-lezi esizikhokhela amarandi amakhulu ziyizindwangu zokwenziwa ezihlanganiswe ngamakhemikhali, kusho uMike Rivalland, umqondisi we-activewear brand SilkAthlete. USanten uvumile, esitshela ukuthi "inkinga enkulu ukuthi imikhiqizo isebenzisa izithasiselo ukwenza izinto ezixosha amabala nge-per-fluorinated substance (PFCs) noma ukugwema iphunga lomjuluko elingemnandi ngokusebenzisa izinto ezinobuthi njenge-Triclosan."

Kodwa ungalilahli ithemba. U-Adam Fletcher, umqondisi wobudlelwano bomphakathi ePatagonia, uveza ukuthi kungaba nzima kanjani ukumunca izinga eliyingozi lamakhemikhali athile okukhulunywa ngawo ngesikhumba. "Ukugqoka [ibhantshi] akunikezi ingozi enkulu yokuchayeka," usho kanje. "Uma umuntu engadla i-wardrobe egcwele amajakhethi, mhlawumbe lapho-ke uzokwazi ukulingana nengozi yokuchayeka ekutholakaleni kokudla kulawa makhemikhali. "

Amanye amabhrendi amakhulu athatha isinyathelo, nokho, ukuthola izindwangu zemvelo ezisebenza kahle nezinto ezigaywe kabusha, futhi afuna ezinye izindlela zemvelo zokuqeda amakhemikhali. I-Patagonia itshale imali ku-Beyond Surface Technologies, ethuthukisa "ukwelashwa kwendwangu okusekelwe ezintweni ezingavuthiwe zemvelo" futhi iqeda ama-PFC, afana ne-Adidas, ethembise ukuthi imikhiqizo yabo izoba ngamaphesenti angama-99 e-PFC ngo-2017. Zombili lezi zinhlobo zibambisana ne-bluesign. ubuchwepheshe, njengo-REI, Puma, prAna, Marmot, Nike, noLululemon.

Imikhiqizo emincane nayo ibikhiqiza izingubo ezisebenza kahle ezingenabo ubuthi ezinezici zobuchwepheshe obuphezulu esizifunayo. I-Ibex igxile kukotini ophilayo kanye nezingubo ezisebenzayo zoboya be-merino. I-Evolve Fitwear ithengisa kuphela amagiya enziwe eMelika anokotini wemvelo (njengama-leggings kakotini wemvelo we-LVR angamaphesenti angama-94) nezinto ezigaywe kabusha. Izisekelo eziyisisekelo ze-Apparel ezithambile, ezi-slouchy kuzinto eziphilayo nezendalo zishintsha kalula zisuka kwi-yoga ziye ku-brunch. Izingubo zika-SilkAthlete zesitayela ezihlanganisiwe aziphefumuleki ngokwemvelo kuphela futhi ziyizidambisigciwane, zizizwa zilula njengomoya futhi azithukutheli njengezindwangu zokwenziwa. Futhi iSuper.Natural yenza ukusebenza okuphezulu, okuthophayo izingubo zokuzivocavoca ezisuka kubakhiqizi bezindwangu zemvelo ezenziwe ngobunjiniyela. Futhi lezi zinkampani ziyisinyathelo esingaphambi komdlalo kusiko lethu eliqaphela kakhulu impilo, nokunaka imvelo. (Futhi hlola le Sustainable Fitness Gear nge-Eco-Friendly Workout.)

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Ngezansi, siqoqe amanye amakhemikhali angaba yingozi angaba sezimpahleni zakho zokujima-kanye, kungani kufanele ukhathalele.

Ama-Phthalates: Okuvame ukusetshenziswa njengama-platicizers ekuphrinteni kwendwangu (etholakala kumathani ezimpahla ezithengwayo), axhunyaniswe nomdlavuza othile, ukukhuluphala kwabantu abadala kanye nokuncipha kwe-testosterone kwabesilisa nabesifazane, futhi asohlwini lweDozini Elingcolile leQembu Lezemvelo.

Ama-PFC (amakhemikhali amaningi kanye ne-flour): Isetshenziswe kumagiya amanzi- namabala wokuqinisekisa. Izingubo zingenye yezindlela ezivame kakhulu esichayeka kuzo, ngokusho kwe-EWG, ezihlukanisa njengezinobuthi kubantu.

I-Dimethylformamide (DMF): I-CDC ithi i-DMF "iyisixazululo sezinto eziphilayo esisetshenziswa ekuphothweni kwe-acrylic fiber, ekukhiqizeni amakhemikhali ... Kubuye kube khona nakudayi wezindwangu nezingulube ..." Ixwayisa abantu ukuthi bagweme ukuthintana nesikhumba naleli khemikhali njengoba lingena kalula esikhunjeni futhi "kungabangela ukulimala kwesibindi neminye imiphumela emibi yezempilo."

Isiliva leNanoparticle: Isetshenziswa ezingutsheni zokulwa nephunga noma elwa namagciwane kodwa ingahlolwa ukuphepha kwempahla yabathengi, kusho iPew Charitable Trust. Ucwaningo lwango-2010 lwathola "ukuchayeka esiliva kungaba 'balulekile' kunoma ubani ogqoke lezi zingubo, ngenani eliphakeme ngokuphindwe kathathu kunemali ongayithola uma uthatha isithasiselo sokudla esiqukethe isiliva." Ucwaningo lwango-2013 luxhumanisa ama-nanomaterials nokuphazanyiswa okungenzeka kwe-endocrine kanye nocwaningo lwe-MIT lwango-2014 2014 lwathola ama-nanoparticles angalimaza i-DNA.

I-Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs) ne-Nonylphenols (NPs): Isetshenziselwa okokuhlanza kanye nama-ejenti wokulawula uthuli. Ngokusho kwe-CDC, ziyakwazi ukumunca isikhumba futhi zikhonjiswe ukuthi zinezici "ze-estrogenic kolayini bomuntu". I-EPA ithi "ihlotshaniswa nemiphumela yokuzala nentuthuko kumagundane" futhi idala umonakalo omkhulu emvelweni. I-European Union ibabeka esigabeni "njenge-reprotoxic."

I-Triclosan: Isetshenziswe njengokumboza ezingutsheni zokulwa namagciwane kanye namagciwane, i-triclosan ixhunyaniswe nobuthi besibindi nokuhogela inhalation futhi ikhonjisiwe ukuthi ibanga umdlavuza wesibindi kumagundane.

Thenga izingubo zokuzivocavoca ezinobuthi ezingatheni

Uma ufuna ukugwema ezinye zezinto ezimbi kakhulu ezitholakala egiyeni lokufaneleka, landela amathiphu ethu ekhabethe lokujima "elihlanzekile".

• Gwema ukuphrinta kwesikrini nokuphrinta kwepulasitiki, umthombo ongaba khona wama-phthalates.
• Thenga izindwangu zemvelo nezemvelo (noma ama-hybrids) njengosilika, ukotini noboya. Izindwangu zemvelo ziyi-antimicrobial ngokwemvelo kanye ne-antibacterial, zilungile ekulawuleni ukushisa, futhi ziphefumula.
• Funa isitifiketi se-bluesign System. Ilebuli ye-bluesign isho ukuthi amakhemikhali anobungozi agcinwa okungenani (futhi kungenzeka ukuthi awekho) ngesikhathi sokukhiqiza nasemkhiqizo wokugcina.
• Dlulisa "izindwangu" zobuchwepheshe ezidayiswe uphawu-iningi lezinto ezenziwe ngamakhemikhali ezigeza.
• Uzoyisebenzisa nini? Uma ugqoke okuthile ngokumelene nesikhumba sakho usuku lonke, tshala esicezwini esinamakhemikhali angaba yingozi ambalwa ngangokunokwenzeka.

Bageze Ngokuhlakanipha

Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi unekhabethe eligcwele obhodisi bezemidlalo bakasilika noma ufaka izindwangu zobuchwepheshe ezingu-24/7, gcina igiya lakho lokufaneleka lihlanzekile, liphelele, futhi lisebenza isikhathi eside ngangokunokwenzeka.

• Geza yonke into ngaphambi kokuyisebenzisa. USanten uthi, "ukugeza kususa izinto ezinamathelayo ezingaba yingozi enkulu."
• Ngemuva kokuzivocavoca okukhulu okujuluka izithukuthuku, geza izingubo ngokushesha. Imicu yokwenziwa, ikakhulukazi i-polyester, iyindawo yokuzalanisa amagciwane akhiqiza ukunuka.
• Geza izandla noma usebenzise umjikelezo omncane ngamanzi abandayo ukuze izingubo zingonakaliswa ukushisa okuphezulu noma ukuyaluza.
• Umugqa womile noma ubeke izingubo ziyisicaba ukuze zome. Amanye amabhrendi athi ukusebenzisa isilungiselelo esomisa ukushisa esiphansi kakhulu kulungile, kodwa noma yini eshisayo izophuka ithinte ukugqoka ezindwangu zobuchwepheshe futhi ingalimaza izindwangu zokwenziwa (okungukuthi ipulasitiki), njenge-Lycra, eba brittle uma yomile ngokushisa okuphezulu.
• Sebenzisa ukugeza okuncane noma ukugeza okukhethekile. Izinto zokuhlanza ezinamandla zingonakalisa noma zihlanze izindawo othengele zona ingubo kwasekuqaleni, futhi ukuwasha ezemidlalo kusiza ukwehlisa izithukuthuku ezinamafutha nephunga lokwakha. (Zama enye yalezi zihlanza ezi-7 eziphephe ngokuphelele ezenziwa ekhaya.)
• Gwema izindwangu zokuthambisa izindwangu nezomisi. Basebenza ngokushiya ifilimu endwangwini, egcina ivimbele ikhono lokuxubha / lokumunca / lokupholisa / lokulwa nephunga lengubo.

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