European consumer group Beuc has recommended the use EU ecolabelled products.
The label already restricts the use of all chemicals that may cause cancer, change DNA, or harm reproductive health as well as some allergens and endocrine disruptors.
The restriction will apply 24 months after publication in the EU Official Journal. This will follow its scrutiny by the European Parliament and Council. Once in force, clothing and related articles, textiles and footwear containing the listed substances – whether produced within the EU or imported – will not be allowed on the EU market.
Beuc has also welcomed the EU action to restrict 33 carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic (CMR) substances but it believes that more needs to be done to protect consumers against harmful chemicals in textiles such as endocrine disruptors or allergens.
