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Patagonia responds to latest Greenpeace protest over “complex challenge” of PFCs

09/09/2015

One of the major brands implicated in the most recent attack on the outdoor industry by campaign group Greenpeace has defended its use of perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs). Using its blog, Patagonia updated an existing post on PFCs on September 8 following a new report from Greenpeace implicating outdoor brands’ use of PFCs in their clothing and...

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