Health and Environment Charter Aatise

Dangerous for the environment and health

Continuous release of microplastics into nature during production and washing by consumers of synthetic garments.

It is estimated that 10% of the plastic produced since their invention ends its life in the oceans. These particles remain for years in the soil and seas and are ingested by animals.

They contain additives and chemical contaminants that are toxic.

Aatise: We only use natural or artificial fabrics: Advantage: the fibres that are released during washing are biodegradable and do not pollute!

Dangerous for the environment and the health of professionals

Glyphosate and its salts: used in conventional cotton.

Even if traces of glyphosate alone are not dangerous for the consumer, it is a problem for professionals and people living near fields.

Aatise: We only use linen because it doesn't use pesticides. We avoid cotton (except for sewing thread) because cotton needs fertilisers and pesticides.

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They are not all dangerous to health, and some occur naturally in the environment. Some are necessary trace elements for the body… it's the concentration that will cause toxicity.

For limits: see the attached ‘table from our ecotoxicologist’ Jennifer de Pollens.

Antimony — flame retardant, found in PET plastic. Aatise: unused

Arsenic — in pigments, in dyes, eliminates parasites from leather and skins. Aatise: unused

Lead — Paint — strictly forbidden, very toxic.

Cadmium (CD) — Pigments in paint and red and orange dyes used in the past, resistant to light, UV, and heat (used for coatings).

Chromium (CR3 and CR4) — leather tanning, pigments in paint and dyes

Cobalt — cobalt salts are used as pigments in paints

Copper — trace element necessary for life on Earth, but in high doses harmful to the environment

Nickel — used in jewellery and accessories. Aatise: our accessories are certified Nickel-free

Mercury — toxic to all living creatures and rarely used in textiles

Barium, barium acetate and barium chloride — used as printing mordants

Selenium — This is a trace element, but is found in fertilisers and pigments. Used with cadmium to give the colour cadmium red.

Tellurium — in biocides and rubber formulations

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Dangerous for the environment and health

It can cause cancer by inhalation (nasopharyngeal cancer).

In textiles, formaldehyde is used as a crease-resistant, water-repellent and flame-retardant agent.

Aatise: We do not use treatments to make fabrics crease-resistant, and our fabrics are not water-repellent or flame-retardant.

Dangerous for the environment and health

Chloroprenes — are biocides — because of their broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties, they have been used as preservatives in paints, leather, and disinfectants.

They are also used in the production of dyes. Risks: Can be absorbed through the lungs, digestive tract or skin.

Aatise: Use should be avoided wherever possible due to the high toxicity for aquatic organisms!

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Dangerous for the environment and health

Phthalates are used as plasticizers in polymers, and can be found in fancy decorations (e.g. swelling prints, plastids), coated textiles, buttons, etc.

Risks: Classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic, repro-toxic and endocrine-disrupting substances.

Aatise: our prints do not use swelling inks or plastids, and our fabrics are free from specific plasticizing coatings.

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Dangerous for the environment and health

Used in polyurethane coatings, foams and in elastane fibres, used in mordants.

Also used in pesticides. Toxicity: irritation, headaches, immune system dysfunction, highly toxic to the aquatic environment.

Aatise: no polyurethane coatings, use of 1% elastane in our trousers.

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These compounds can react chemically with textiles.

Bisphenol A+F+S — used in combination with other chemicals to manufacture plastics and resins.

Banned since 2015 in plastics in contact with food for feeding bottles, tins, etc.

Aatise: we do not use synthetic fibres in which bisphenols can be found.

These dyes can be hazardous to health, and the authorised limits are defined in the Ökotex charter.

Cleaved carcinogenic acrylamide: used for textile, leather and fur dyes, strictly banned in Europe since 1999.

Cleaved aniline: used as an acid dye. Risk: Toxic to aquatic organisms and the environment.

Carcinogenic dyes: see attached list

Allergenic dyes: see attached list

AZO dyes: see attached list

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Chrysene, Benzol(b,j,k)fluoranthene, Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene...these products can be found in swimwear or neoprene diving suits.

Naphthalenes — carcinogenic to humans since 2002...banned since-anti mite.

The full list and limits are to be found in textiles, see attached.

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There is a long list of flame retardant products. They can be found on bedding, furnishing textiles, etc.

Aatise : Our fabrics are not treated with flame retardants.

These dyes can be hazardous to health, and the authorised limits are defined in the Ökotex charter.

Pyrrolidone, Dimethylacetamide, Dimethylformamide, Formamide

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Risk: environmentally toxic, foaming in the aquatic environment

For clothing: antistatic agents, laundry, brightening/colouring agents, formulation of pesticides. Use in domestic detergents accounts for 40% of the volume. Studies are underway to investigate the biodegradability of these surfactants.

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Risks: PFCs pollute water, are very present in our environment and remain persistent in our bodies for years.

PFAS are used in outdoor textiles, furniture, paper packaging and non-stick cookware.

They are also found in carpets, sofas with stain-resistant treatments, duvets, clothing and fast-food packaging. The brand names are Teflon, Scotch Gard, Stainmaster and Goretex.

For humans: weight loss in newborns, cholesterol, lowered immune defences, etc.

Aatise: we don't have any treatments such as anti-stain, Goretex, etc.

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Risk: Toxic and carcinogenic

Used in flame retardants, as a flame retardant in textiles and as a plasticiser in paints and coatings.

Aatise: no flame retardant treatment

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Risk: Classified as carcinogenic by the WHO.

It can be Found in plastics and rubber.

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Risk: Harmful and irritant

Used in the manufacture of plastics, paints and varnishes, manufacture of artificial or synthetic fibres, used in dry cleaning and wholesale dyeing,

Chlorination of wool prohibited

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Risks :

Present in various everyday applications such as antioxidants (in plastics), resins, plasticisers (aryl phosphates), synthetic vitamin E, pesticides, dyes, deodorising and odour compounds, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, and other chemical products. Also used in textile drying.

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Risk: to health and some to the environment

Phenoxyethanol — used as a solvent in dyeing or finishing. Used in cosmetics.

Para-tert-butylphenol — Antioxidant

Drometrizole — Allergenic UV stabiliser

Butylhydroxytoluene — Antioxidant

Mercaptobenzothiazole — Rubber-related

Benzyl benzoate — plasticizer, solvent for dyes, biocide

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Risks: to health and some to the environment

Asbestos, Nanoparticles

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Risks: to your health

Ammonia treatment except in closed systems

Chlorination of wool.

de-glueing

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