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Greenpeace praises Puma response

26/07/2011
Campaign group Greenpeace has claimed that a year-long investigation it has carried out into toxic water pollution in China has established links between a number of major clothing companies and suppliers in China “who were found to be discharging persistent and bioaccumulative hormone disruptors” into Chinese rivers. The phrase refers to chemicals that can cause health problems to humans and other mammals, which the body absorbs faster than it can release them.

“The findings from the research provide a snapshot of the kind of toxic chemicals that are being released by the textile industry into waterways all over the world,” Greenpeace has said, “and are indicative of a much wider problem that is having serious and far-reaching consequences for people and wildlife.”

Greenpeace published a report on this research in mid-July and named several sports and outdoor apparel companies, including adidas, Bauer Hockey, Li Ning, Nike and Puma, among the companies implicated. However, in a statement on July 26, the organisation said that Puma had responded by publicly committing to the elimination of all releases of hazardous chemicals from its entire product lifecycle, and across its global supply chain by 2020.

According to Greenpeace, this puts Puma “firmly ahead of its competitors in the race for a toxic-free future”. Puma has said it will publish an action plan within the next eight weeks to explain how it intends to deliver on this commitment.

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