Full report “A Red Card for sportswear brands”: http://bit.ly/1hR7tba Other resources linked at bottom of email.
Hamburg, 19 May
2015 – Football merchandise produced by adidas, Nike and Puma ahead of the 2014
FIFA World Cup in Brazil has been found to contain hazardous chemicals
according to a new investigation by Greenpeace Germany.
33 items including
boots, goalkeeper gloves and the official ‘Brazuca’ ball were tested for a
range of substances. adidas’ iconic ‘Predator’ football boots were found to
contain very high levels of toxic PFC at 14 times the company’s own restriction
limits [1].
