Question from Leslie
Hi all,
This is part of the response I got from Lands’ End when I asked about their ‘no-iron’ cotton sheets, Oeko-Tek certified on their website:
“Although our 400 Count No Iron is Okeo-Tex certified, this does not mean it is completely free of formaldehyde resin.”
Debra, what do you think of this? I thought Oeko-Tek certification meant that no harmful substances (I think they check for 100 of them) were on the fabric.
Thanks!
Debra’s Answer
No, Oeko-Tek certification does NOT mean no harmful substances. I’ve been saying this over and over!
Same thing with GREENGUARD and some other certifications.
They test for certain chemicals to meet a standard of low emissions that they consider to be safe.
The problem with this, I will say again, is that a wide variety of products qualify. Let’s say the standard is 100 ppm formaldehyde. A set of sheets could quaility that emits 99 ppm formaldehyde and also sheets with 0 formaldehyde qualify,
What I’m looking for personally are the untreated sheets with 0 formaldehyde.
