PTFE itself is thought to be more stable and safer than other ... It doesn't repel oil and dirt as well, so you may need to wash your outdoor clothing and apply a waterproofing treatment more ...

After years of flocking to our local Tesco to snag the supermarket own-brand's trendiest pieces, F&F Clothing is finally back and available to shop online again after a seven-year hiatus off the back ...

After more than a decade in the same location, Ottawa entrepreneur Jamie Mcleod was delighted to secure a new home in the ByWard Market for her vintage clothing shop. This spring, Darling ...

Manufacturing Dive · CHUNYIP WONG via Getty Images Substances include PFAS-based chemicals, such as perfluorooctane sulfonamides (PFOSA) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE); titanium dioxide ...

PFAS, which are used for everything from non-stick coatings to water-repellant clothing and lithium-ion batteries ... ‘When the jar had a seal that was made from PTFE [polytetrafluoroethylene – ...

The most famous application is its use as a waterproof membrane in clothing which still allows the passage of water vapour so does not become sweaty. There are now a range of fluoropolymers, but about ...

On Wednesday mornings, Janet and Grace buy bundles of used clothing that have been shipped to Accra, Ghana, from across the world. They spend the rest of their day sifting through these bundles ...

A huge fire that erupted at a clothing market in Ghana’s capital Accra has destroyed hundreds of livelihoods and businesses. The fire at Kantamanto Market – one of the world’s largest ...

National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, No. 199 Ren’ai Road, Industrial Park, Suzhou 215123, PR China ...

breathable Gore-Tex material containing PTFE – have found eliminating PFAS tricky. Gore & Associates’ original target for completely removing such compounds from its waterproof clothing was the end of ...