Fashion’s use of synthetic colour is harming our health and destroying the planet.
The textile industry uses over 10’000 different chemicals in colour processes, releasing 1.5 million tonnes of toxic dyes into the environment each year.
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We just photographed our green 1860s-70s dresses that will be tested for arsenic and stored separately if they contain any. Having them all mounted just looked too great to not be shared! #arsenicgreen #toxicdyes #fashionvictims #historyoffashion #toxicfashion #scheelesgreen #victoriandress
Thanks to Retail Boss for covering our groundbreaking new #ToxicFashion report, which details a systemic toxics problem at Ross and Burlington.
There is no safe level of lead, and affordability should never come at the expense of people's health. retailboss.co/high-levels-...
Read the full report: ceh.org/toxicfashion
Read our NEW REPORT at ceh.org/toxicfashion.
Together, let’s tell Ross and Burlington to commit to basic product safety standards to ensure that what they’re selling does not contain toxic chemicals that can harm our health.
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Ross and Burlington must stop exposing their workers and customers to lead. Sign the petition to the CEOs to tell them to clean up their supply chain! (it’s linked in our bio!) @centerforenvironmentalhealth
SIGN THE PETITION and tell Ross and Burlington to remove toxic chemicals from their supply chains.
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Ross and Burlington cater their inventory to lower-income shoppers who look for more accessible and affordable purchasing options. Burlington’s “core customer” is “the lower-income shopper.” -Michael O’Sullivan, CEO of Burlington Ross targets the “low to moderate income…value-conscious shopper” that either “wants a bargain” or “needs a bargain.” --Ross, Investor Presentation and Annual Report, 2018, 2022
Burlington caters to a customer base that is composed of 50% racially and ethnically diverse shoppers. Most Burlington and Ross stores in California are located in communities that are already moderately to heavily impacted by environmental, health, and other socioeconomic pressures.
Ross and Burlington cater to lower-income consumers, and most of their California storefronts are located in communities already facing environmental, health, and other socioeconomic pressures.
Affordability should never come at the expense of people’s health.
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Brands of Lead-containing Footwear Purchased from Ross and Burlington
Brands of Lead-Containing Belts Purchased from Ross and Burlington
Brands of Lead-containing Handbags Purchased from Ross and Burlington
Brands of lead-containing footwear, belts, and handbags purchased from Ross and Burlington.
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In 2022, CEH purchased and tested almost 2,000 shoes, handbags, wallets, and belts suspected of containing lead from 63 Ross and 15 Burlington storefronts across California. We found that approximately 27% of fashion accessories we purchased contained lead levels exceeding 300 ppm, triple the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC’s) current legal lead limit for lead in children’s products. There is no safe level of lead!
Our report shows that in 2022, more than 1 in 4 of the fashion accessories we purchased from Ross and Burlington contained high levels of lead.
Exposure to lead can cause cancer, reproductive issues, and neurological harm.
There is no safe level of lead exposure.
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Over the last decade, CEH has notified off-price retailers Burlington, Marshalls, Nordstrom Rack, Ross, and TJ Maxx nearly 500 times that they were selling specific fashion accessories containing elevated levels of lead. Ross and Burlington accounted for over 300 of those notices and must clean up their supply chains to protect their customers’ health.
Since 2009, our testing repeatedly found high levels of lead in leather and faux leather fashion accessories such as handbags, wallets, shoes, and belts sold at off-price retailers.
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