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Eliminate toxic chemicals
Pregnant women protest outside the office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel against man-made toxic chemicals that contaminate unborn babies
Enlarge ImageGreenpeace has led a campaign to show that hazardous chemicals are out of control in the environment, widespread in household products, electronic goods and children's clothes, and detectable in house dust, rain water, food and, ultimately, our own bodies.
This exposure to harmful chemicals is the consequence of current laws, which allow chemicals to be released into the environment and routinely used in consumer products on the assumption that they cause no harm.
Substitution Works
To spur innovative solutions, Greenpeace has in recent years approached brand product manufacturers and asked them to commit to substitute harmful chemicals in their products with safer alternatives. Reebok, Samsung, Puma, Nokia and Playmobil are just a handful of the many companies that have adopted good substitution policies to phase out hazardous chemicals.
In Spain, we worked with top names in Spanish fashion and retail giants Mango and Camper to create Moda Sin Tóxicos, a toxic-free fashion show, which took place in Madrid in June 2006, at which designers showed one-off outfits made without hazardous chemicals commonly used in the textiles industry. Mango and Camper both committed to implement substitution policies over the coming years.
Reports
13 February 2008
29 August 2007
29 May 2007
25 May 2007
Press Releases
27 April 2007
01 December 2006
28 November 2006
Substitute with Style
Download the brochure for the toxic free catwalk to demonstrate solutions to the chemicals crisis.