Iikhemikhali eziyingozi ezifihliweyo kwiimpahla zakho zokuzilolonga

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Thina abathengi silungile ekuxeleleni ii-brand ukuba sifuna ntoni-kwaye siyifumane. Ijusi eluhlaza? Ngokucacileyo yayingekho kwiminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo. Ukhathalelo oluphambili lwendalo kunye nokwenza izinto ezisebenzayo ngokwenene? Ukuvela kwiindawo ezinomdla. Iindlela ezizezinye kwiibhotile zamanzi zeplastiki? Molo, Bkr. Akumangalisi ukuba i-Whole Foods ineevenkile ezingaphezu kwama-400. Iidola zethu esizisebenze nzima zifuna iindlela ezisempilweni, ezingcono, kwaye imarike sele iqalile ukuzibonelela.

Kwaye ngoku, sijonga ukutshaya kushushu ngelixa sizama ukuba sempilweni, kuba iimpahla zokuzilolonga ziye zantle kakhulu. Umsebenzi kunye nefashoni ziye zadityaniswa ukuze zenze uhlobo olutsha lokunxiba, ukunxiba okusebenzayo okuphezulu kulo lonke uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali. kwaye ubukhulu bomzimba. Ngapha koko, iimpahla zokuzilolonga ziyiyunifomu yemihla ngemihla yenani elikhulayo labasetyhini, ngokutsho kwenkampani yolwazi yehlabathi iNPD Group. Sitshintshe ijean yethu ebhityileyo yeebhulukhwe zeyoga, iimbaleki yinto esemthethweni, kwaye ukuthanda kwethu izixhobo ezinesitayile kukuthengisa ngefashoni. (Jonga ezona Akhawunti zili-10 ziBalaseleyo ze-Instagram onokuzilandela kuMbaleko.)

Kodwa kuyo kufihla indawo engaboniyo kwimfuno yethu enobuchule yokuphila ubomi obunempilo. Sithenga ezona mveliso zicocekileyo kunye nokutya esinako, siphephe ityhefu apho kunokwenzeka kwaye senze umthambo, kodwa ngaba iimpahla zokuzilolonga esizinxibayo ngelixa sisenza konke oku kujongela phantsi iinzame zethu?

Iziphumo ezivela kwiingxelo ezimbini zeGreenpeace kumxholo weekhemikhali kwimpahla yezemidlalo nakwifashoni zibonisa ukuba kunokuba njalo. Uhlalutyo lwabo lufumanise ukuba iimpahla zemidlalo ezivela kwiimpawu ezinkulu zineekhemikhali eziyingozi, ezinje ngePhthalates, PFCs, Dimethylformamide (DMF), Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs), kunye neNonylphenols (NPs). Kwaye uphando lwaseSweden luqikelela ukuba ishumi leepesenti zazo zonke izinto ezinxulumene nelaphu "zithathwa njengezinobungozi kwimpilo yabantu."

Kwinqaku eliphonononga imichiza enetyhefu kwimpahla yezemidlalo, epapashwe ngu UMgcini, UManfred Santen waseGreenpeace ucebisa ukuba asinakuyazi imiphumo yezi khemikhali kunye nendlela ukubhengeza okuphindaphindiweyo kuyo okunokusichaphazela ngayo. "Ukuxinana [kweekhemikhali] esizifumanayo kwimpahla ayinakubanga iingxaki eziyityhefu kumntu oyinxibileyo kwixesha elifutshane, kodwa kwixesha elide awusoze wazi," utshilo uSanten. "Abaphazamisi be-Endocrine [iikhemikhali ezinokuphazamisa inkqubo yehomoni], umzekelo, awuyazi ifuthe lokuvezwa kwexesha elide kwezempilo yabantu."

Lo ngummandla omtsha. Kukho uphando oluncinci ngesihloko (nangona sikhula), kwaye kungokunje uninzi lweshishini langaphakathi ligxotha lo mgca wophando njenge-non-issue. Simadolw 'anzima ukujonga ihashe lethu lesipho elinoSpandex emlonyeni. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, ishishini liyakhula kwaye sikhangeleka silunge kangangokuba akukho mntu ufuna ukubuyela kwiintsuku ngaphambi kokuba iimpahla zeempahla ezisebenzayo zilazi ixabiso ledart ebekwe kakuhle.

Ubukho beekhemikhali ezinobungozi nangasiphi na isixa isixhobo sethu sokuzilolonga, nangona kunjalo, kufanele ukuba siyakhathaza kakhulu kuba yenzelwe ukuhlala ngokuchasene kwaye inxibelelane nolusu kwindawo enokukhuhlana okuphezulu, intshukumo ephezulu, ubushushu obuphezulu, ubumanzi obuphezulu- njengaxa sisebenza. Inkampani ezimeleyo yaseSwitzerland i-bluesign technologies-umdali weyona nkqubo inzima yokuqinisekisa i-textile, ejolise ekuthinteleni iikhemikhali ezixhalabileyo ukuba zingene kwizinto eziphathekayo kwinkqubo yokuvelisa-ibeka iimpahla "ezikufuphi nokusetyenziswa kwesikhumba" kunye "nokukhusela umntwana" kudidi olufanayo, "eyona nto ingqongqo" enye "ngokuphathelele [iikhemikhali] zomda wamaxabiso/ukuvalwa."

Okwangoku, umthengisi we-REI uthi "uhlobo oluthile lokugqitywa kweekhemikhali lusetyenziswa phantse kuwo onke amalaphu okwenziwa ukuze kunyuswe ukusebenza kwe-wicking." Ukujongwa kwethegi kwimpahla yokunxiba esebenzayo kutyhila uninzi lwefashoni evela kumalaphu okwenziwa. Kwaye, uninzi lwamalaphu obugcisa aphawulwe ngokurhweba-ewona sihlawula iirandi ezinkulu-ngalaphu elenziwe ngekhemikhali, utshilo uMike Rivalland, umlawuli wempahla esebenzayo uphawu lweSilkAthlete. USanten uvumile, esixelela ukuba "ingxaki enkulu kukuba ii-brand zisebenzisa izongezo ukwenza i-gear stain repellent nge-per-fluorinated substance (PFCs) okanye ukunqanda ivumba elibi lokubila ngokusebenzisa izinto eziyityhefu ezifana ne-Triclosan."

Kodwa musa ukuphelelwa lithemba. U-Adam Fletcher, umlawuli we-Patagonia we-global Relations, uxela ukuba kunokuba nzima kangakanani ukufunxa inqanaba eliyingozi lemichiza ekubhekiswa kuyo ngolusu. “Ukunxiba [ibhatyi] akunikezeli emngciphekweni omkhulu wokuba sesichengeni,” utshilo. "Ukuba ubani ebenokutya iidyasi ezizeleyo zekhabethe, mhlawumbi emva koko uya kuhambelana nomngcipheko wokuvezwa kwizicelo zokunxibelelana nokutya kwezi khemikhali."

Ezinye iibrendi ezinkulu zithatha inyathelo, nangona kunjalo, zikhangela amalaphu e-organic asebenza ngokuphezulu kunye nemathiriyeli esetyenzisiweyo, kwaye ifuna iindlela ezizezinye zendalo zokugqiba imichiza. I-Patagonia ityale imali kwi-Beyond Surface Technologies, ephuhlisa "unyango lwe-textile olusekelwe kwizinto eziluhlaza zendalo" kwaye ikhupha i-PFCs, efana ne-Adidas, ethembise ukuba iimveliso zabo ziya kuba neepesenti ezingama-99 ze-PFC-free ngo-2017. Zombini iimpawu zisebenzisana ne-bluesign. ubuchwepheshe, njengeReI, Puma, prAna, Marmot, Nike, kunye neLululemon.

Iimpawu ezincinci ziye zavelisa iimpahla ezisebenzayo ezingezizo ityhefu kunye neempawu zobuchwephesha esizifunayo. I-Ibex igxile kakhulu kwi-organic cotton kunye ne-merino wool esebenzayo. I-Evolve Fitwear ithengisa kuphela izixhobo ezenziwe eMelika ezinomqhaphu ophilayo (njenge-LVR's 94 pesenti ye-organic cotton leggings) kunye nemathiriyeli esetyenzisiweyo. I-Alternative Apparel's soft, slouchy basics kwi-organic and eco-fabrics ngokulula utshintsho ukusuka kwi-yoga ukuya kwi-brunch. Impahla edityanisiweyo yesilika enesitayile ye-SilkAthlete ayiphefumli nje ngokwendalo kwaye i-antimicrobial, ziziva zikhaphukhaphu njengomoya kwaye azicaphuki njengamalaphu okwenziwa. Ngokwemvelo kwenza ukusebenza okuphezulu, ukuthozama iimpahla zokuzilolonga ezivela kwiindidi zendalo ezenziwe ngobunjani. Kwaye ezi nkampani zilinyathelo eliphambi komdlalo kwinkcubeko yethu eyazi kakhulu ngempilo, ne-eco-concious. (Kwaye jonga olu luQinisekiso loQeqesho oluQhelekileyo lwe-Eco-Friendly Workout.)

Yintoni ekuLalele kwiPantshi yakho yeYoga?

Apha ngezantsi, siqokelele ezinye zeekhemikhali ezinokuba yingozi ezinokuba kwimpahla yakho yokuzilolonga-kunye, kutheni kufuneka ukhathale.

Amanqanaba Ngokuqhelekileyo zisetyenziswa njenge-platicizers kushicilelo lwe-textile (efumaneka kwiitoni zempahla yabathengi), zidityaniswe nomhlaza othile, ukutyeba kwabantu abadala kunye nokunciphisa i-testosterone kumadoda nabasetyhini, kwaye bakuluhlu lwe-Dirty Dozen yeQela eliSebenzayo lokusiNgqongileyo.

Ii-PFCs (iikhemikhali ezininzi kunye neecrafted) Isetyenziswa kumanzi- kunye nezixhobo ezikhusela amabala. Impahla yenye yezona ndlela zixhaphakileyo kubo, ngokwe-EWG, ethi ibahlele njengabantu abanetyhefu ebantwini.

IDimethylformamide (DMF): I-CDC ithi i-DMF "sisinyibilikisi se-organic esisetyenziswa kwi-acrylic fiber spinning, ukuveliswa kweekhemikhali... Ikwakhona kwidayi ye-textile kunye ne-pigments..." Ilumkisa abantu ukuba baphephe ukudibanisa ulusu kunye nekhemikhali njengoko ingena lula esikhumbeni. kwaye "inokubangela ukonakala kwesibindi kunye nezinye iziphumo ezibi zempilo."

Nanoparticle yesilivere: Isetyenziswe kwimpahla yokulwa nevumba kunye ne-antimicrobial esebenzayo kodwa ingavavanyelwa ukhuseleko kwimpahla yabathengi, ithi iPew Charitable Trust. Uphononongo luka-2010 lufumene "ukuvezwa kwesilivere kuya kuba 'balulekile' kuye nabani na onxibe ezi mpahla, kwixabiso eliphindwe kathathu kunexabiso onokufumana ukuba uthatha isongezelelo sokutya esiqulethe isilivere." Uphononongo lwango-2013 ludibanisa ii-nanomaterials ukuya kuphazamiseko olunokubakho kwi-endocrine kunye no-2014 MIT isifundo sika-2014 esifumene ukuba ii-nanoparticles zingonakalisa i-DNA.

I-Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs) kunye ne-Nonylphenols (NPs): Isetyenziswe kwizicoci nakwizinto zokulawula uthuli. Ngokutsho kwe-CDC, ziyafunxa eluswini kwaye ziboniswe ukuba "zineempawu ze-estrogenic kwimigca yeeseli zabantu". I-EPA ithi "zinxulunyaniswa neziphumo zokuzala kunye nophuhliso kwiimpuku" kwaye zenza umonakalo kwindalo. I-European Union ibachaza njenge "reprotoxic."

Triclosan: Isetyenziswe njengombathiso kwizambatho zokulwa ne-antibacterial kunye ne-antimicrobial kunye nezixhobo, i-triclosan inxulunyaniswe nesifo se-isibindi kunye ne-inhalation tyhefu kwaye ibonakalisiwe ukuba ibangela umhlaza wesibindi kwiimpuku.

Thenga iiMpahla zokuSebenza ezinetyhefu eNgaphantsi

Ukuba ufuna ukunqanda ezinye zezinto ezingafunekiyo ezifunyenwe kwizixhobo zokomelela komzimba, landela iingcebiso zethu malunga "nokucoceka" ikhabethe lokuzilolonga.

• Kuphephe ukuprinta kwescreen kunye nokuprinta kweplastiki, okunokubakho kumathambo.
• Thenga amalaphu endalo kunye nezinto eziphilayo (okanye ii-hybrids) ezifana nesilika, umqhaphu kunye noboya. Amalaphu endalo ngokwemvelo ane-antimicrobial kunye ne-antibacterial, alungile kulawulo lwe-thermal, kunye nokuphefumula.
• Khangela isiqinisekiso seSistim yebluesign. Ilebhile yebluesign ithetha ukuba iikhemikhali ezinobungozi zigcinwa zincinci (kwaye zinokubakho) ngexesha lokuvelisa nakwimveliso yokugqibela.
• Ukudlula kumalaphu obuchwephesha "amalaphu" -ezona zininzi zi-synthetics ezenziwe ngekhemikhali ezihlamba ngaphandle.
• Uza kuyisebenzisa nini? Ukuba unxibe into echasene nolusu lwakho imini yonke, tyala imali kwisiqwenga esineekhemikhali ezimbalwa ezinokuba yingozi kangangoko.

Zihlambe Zikrelekrele

Nokuba unayo ikhabethe eligcwele iibrikhi zemidlalo yesilika okanye awunikeli amalaphu obuchwephesha 24/7, gcina izixhobo zakho zokomzimba zicocekile, ziqinile, kwaye zisebenza ixesha elide.

• Hlamba yonke into phambi kokuba uyisebenzise. USanten uthi, "ukuhlamba kususa izinto ezinamathelayo ezinokuba yingozi."
• Emva kokuzilolonga ngokubila okukhulu, hlamba iimpahla kwangoko. Imicu eyenziweyo, ngakumbi ipholiyesta, zizizathu zokuzalela iintsholongwane.
• Hlamba izandla okanye usebenzise umjikelo omnene ngamanzi abandayo ukuze iimpahla zingatshatyalaliswa bubushushu obuphezulu okanye ukuphazamiseka.
• Umgca owomileyo okanye ubeke impahla ithe tyaba ukuze yome. Ezinye iimveliso zithi ukusebenzisa i-dryer-heat setting ephantsi kulungile, kodwa nantoni na eshushu iya kuphuka ichaphazela iingubo kwiingubo zobugcisa kwaye inokulimaza amalaphu okwenziwa (okt iplastiki), njengeLycra, eba yi-brittle xa yomile ngokushisa okukhulu.
• Sebenzisa uhlamba olunobunono okanye uhlambe olukhethekileyo. Ii-detergents ezinobunzima zingonakalisa okanye zihlambe iipropathi ozithengele ingubo kwindawo yokuqala, kwaye ukuhlamba kwezemidlalo kunceda ukuphula ukubila okunamafutha kunye nevumba elimnandi. (Zama enye yezi zinto zi-7 ziKhuselekileyo zoKwenziwa kwendalo.)
• Kuphephe ukuthambisa ilaphu kunye namashiti esomisi. Basebenza ngokushiya ifilimu kwilaphu, egqiba ukuvala i-wicking / ukufunxa / ukupholisa / ukuchasana nokuvumba kwengubo.

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