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Why Fashion Still Uses Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’

Brands from Canada Goose to Patagonia still rely on PFAS for performance attributes like waterproofing.
A man wearing a green waterproof jacket and grey backpack in the rain.
PFAS are still widely used in waterproof textile coatings. (Getty Images)

Just over a decade ago, fashion’s biggest brands laid out an ambition to eliminate harmful chemicals from their supply chains, a lofty goal set in response to a damning Greenpeace report that revealed rivers running pink from the industry’s

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