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Dick’s Sporting Goods Bans PFAS in Clothes, Other Textiles

  • June 21, 2023

Dick’s Sporting Goods has joined a growing group of retailers that have decided that per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are too dangerous to human health and the environment to continue allowing them in their clothing lines. PFAS are typically added to fabrics to make them water- and oil-repellant and to prevent stains and sticking or wrinkling. PFAS are coined as “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down, and besides polluting the environment, they...