Toxic Chemicals Found in Popular Sports Apparel Brands, Warns Watchdog

The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) has warned customers about high levels of BPA in athletic wear, sending legal notices to eight more brands whose leggings, shorts, sports bras, and athletic shirts after testing showed the clothing could expose wearers to up to 40 times the safe limit of BPA, based on standards set in California. The newly tested athletic wear brands include Athleta, Champion, Kohl’s, Nike, Patagonia, Sweaty Betty, Fabletics, and Adidas. The CEH had sent legal notices to the companies last year, giving them 60 days to work with the center to remedy the violations before the group filed a complaint in California state court requiring them to do so.