{"id":4592,"date":"2023-10-16T14:31:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T12:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/werocksport.com\/?p=4592"},"modified":"2023-10-25T11:10:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T09:10:12","slug":"quand-patagonia-et-gore-tex-sattaquent-aux-pfc-et-pfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/werocksport.com\/en\/quand-patagonia-et-gore-tex-sattaquent-aux-pfc-et-pfa\/","title":{"rendered":"Patagonia and Gore-Tex take on PFCs and PFAs"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was a major challenge for Patagonia and Gore-Tex. 10 years after they set out to remove perfluorochemicals from their outerwear, they have succeeded.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the textile industry has always innovated in terms of product design and technicality, this has not always been in line with environmental and health principles. But it was with these objectives in mind that, almost ten years ago, Patagonia<\/a> and the Gore-Tex brand have embarked on a seemingly impossible project: to eliminate perfluorinated chemicals, better known as PFCs and PFAs, without compromising the technical performance of outerwear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PFCs and PFAs are chemical substances that are harmful to humans and the environment. A number of studies have proven this, highlighting the harmfulness of fluorine, which does not dissolve in nature, but is dispersed by the wind and weather conditions. Eventually, fluoride will be found everywhere, in the air, water and even in the food we eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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