Watchdog: High levels of toxic chemical found in sports bras

Popular Athletic Clothing Brands Have High Levels of Hormone Disrupting Chemical BPA: Watchdog Group

Sport bras and athletic shirts of some of the major global sports brands were found to contain dangerous levels of estrogen-mimicking BPA (bisphenol A) posing a considerable risk to people’s health, according to legal notices sent by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH).

High levels of a toxic chemical discovered in sports bras

Study after study shows that women make less money than men for the same job, do a higher percentage of childcare and housework than men in co-parenting relationships, and now there’s this: sports bras were just linked to a toxic chemical.

High levels of toxic chemical found in sports bras, watchdog warns

Sports bras sold by Athleta, PINK, Asics, The North Face and other were all tested for BPA, and the results showed the clothing could expose wearers to up to 22 times the safe limit of BPA, based o…

High levels of toxic chemical found in sports bras, watchdog warns

New testing on a variety of popular branded sports bras and athletic wear has revealed high levels of BPA, a chemical compound that's used to make certain types of plastic and can lead to harmful health effects such as asthma, cardiovascular disease and obesity.

Study finds high levels of toxic chemical in clothing from such brands as Nike, PINK

Nike, PINK and 9 other brands were found to have high levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in their clothes and were sent legal notices by the Center for Environmental Health.

High levels of BPA found in name-brand sports bras, shirts, advocacy group says

BPA is used to make certain types of plastics and is widely used in almost every industry.