H&M Clothing Emits Hazardous Chemicals When Washed, Greenpeace Says

Clothing from H&M, Adidas, Ralph Lauren and Nike, among others, discharges a significant amount of hazardous chemicals into water systems when washed, according to a Greenpeace report. Among the samples that Greenpeace tested, those companies' clothes emitted the highest percentage of nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs) on the first wash, according to Dirty Laundry: Reloaded: How big brands are making consumers unwitting accomplices in the toxic water cycle.