Why Fashion Still Uses Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’

Just over a decade ago, fashion’s biggest brands laid out an ambition to eliminate harmful chemicals from their supply chains, a lofty goal set in response to a damning Greenpeace report that revealed rivers running pink from the industry’s dye and chemical runoff.

The initiative prioritised 11 of the most hazardous chemical groups used in the industry, among them so-called “forever chemicals” — a particularly nasty group of toxic…