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Greenpeace names outdoor brands in new PFC row

29/10/2012

Campaign group Greenpeace has published a report on the ongoing use of oil- and water-repellent finishes based on C8 chemistry in outdoor clothing on sale in Germany. As it often does, Greenpeace wastes no time in naming a group of prominent outdoor brands in whose products it has found “noticeable concentrations” of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) ...

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