Hidden Dangers of Conventional Fabrics

April 15, 2011
By Dr. Brian Clement

Over the past several decades, Hippocrates Health Institute has been researching things that endanger human health. There is danger lurking in something that people touch every day, but give little thought to — their clothing. An estimated 8,000 chemicals are employed to transform raw materials into clothes, according to The Ecologist magazine. This process involves bleaching, dyeing, scouring, sizing and finishing the fabrics. Synthetic clothing now commonly contains such toxins as formaldehyde, brominated flame retardants,… Read More >