Children’s Health Issues Articles
Is Teflon-coated clothing harmful to children?
A couple of years ago I was shopping for school uniform shorts for my grandsons and I noticed that those sold in the big chainstores were “teflon-coated” in order to be “stain resistant” and “non-iron”. I was not happy about this and bought them some (more expensive) shorts from a proper school uniform shop without such a coating.
I found an article about this and showed it to my daughter-in-law and she then agreed that it was better to be safe than sorry over such matters.
Recently I noticed that my grandsons were wearing teflon-coated shorts after I picked them up from school.I changed them out of them and challenged my daughter-in-law over the matter when she came home.She now says that the teflon issue is just a “health scare” and that all children’s uniform clothes are teflon-coated these days and those shorts are easier to wash and iron.
Is she putting my grandsons’ health at risk for the sake of an easy life?
You are thinking about the flame-retardant pajamas (I think it was Tris that was the chemical the pjs were treated with) and there was a scare about that years ago, that perhaps they caused cancer. sort of like asbestos, but not exactly. I am not sure what Tris is exactly.
I’m sure this coating on the shorts, however, is benign. I wouldn’t worry about that. Sounds like some kind of plastic, which is inert.
I buy my kids all cotton uniforms from Gap kids (they have great sales). Just more comfortable, as I live in the south and it gets hot down here!
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