When you buy pajamas for your children, you’re probably not thinking about federal regulations or hormone-disrupting chemicals.
But thanks to a little-known fire safety law, millions of American kids are sleeping in potentially toxic fabrics every night, and parents have no idea.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) requires under 16 CFR Part 1615 and 1616, that children’s sleepwear either be made with fire-retardant chemicals or be “snug fitting” to reduce the risk of catching fire. On the surface, that may sound like a reasonable safety precaution.
But mounting evidence shows these fabrics and chemicals may pose serious health and fertility risks.
To meet these regulations, most children’s sleepwear is made not from natural, breathable fabrics like cotton or wool—but from polyester, a synthetic material derived from petrochemicals. Even worse, when flame retardants are used to treat cotton, they introduce an entirely different health risk.
Pharmacist and Hormone Specialist Layne Kilpatrick discusses how polyester acts as an endocrine disrupter in a recent Reel.
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