tall-performance clothes are great for keeping you warm and dry,but can contain tall levels of polluting toxinsThe wilderness nuts of passe headed off on Nordic skis in sagging woollen leggings and handknitted sweaters. contemporary wilderness wear is different. It’s tall performance, engineered to aid air flow around the body.
Some of this is clever design, and but a lot is down to PFCs – perfluorinated chemicals. They repel grease and,crucially, water. It was a downer when we found out last year that fragments of plastic polymers from our clothes, and particularly active wear,end up as microplastic pollution in rivers and oceans.
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Source: theguardian.com