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Australia Lacks Mandatory PFAS Disclosure For Clothing

ABC NewsRadio AU Sydney 13d13d Impact 3
Australia currently has no mandatory requirements for clothing brands to disclose the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in garments. While California and New York have already implemented bans on PFAS in clothing, the Australian market has not followed suit.

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PFAS clothing regulation

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ABC NewsRadio AU

“At the moment, in Australia, there are currently no mandatory requirements for brands to disclose PFAS use in clothing. So consumers really have no way of knowing whether their active wear contains forever chemicals unless a brand voluntarily tells them.”

ABC NewsRadio AU

“At the moment, in Australia, there are currently no mandatory requirements for brands to disclose PFAS use in clothing.”

ABC NewsRadio AU

“California and New York have already banned PFAS in apparel, but Australia needs to follow suit. Greenwashing is apparently a problem in the fashion industry as well.”

ABC NewsRadio AU

“the AEEC says that if you claim a product is eco-friendly or sustainable, you must be able to do that for the entire product's lifecycle and most currently can't.”

ABC NewsRadio AU

“Australia needs to make it mandatory for brands to disclose PFAS on their coding labels and we also need a mandatory”

ABC NewsRadio AU

“if you claim a product is eco-friendly or sustainable, you must be able to do that for the entire product's lifecycle and most currently can't.”

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