Substitution of PFAS chemistry in outdoor apparel and the impact on repellency performance
- Submitting institution
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The University of Huddersfield
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 53
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.04.122
- Title of journal
- Chemosphere
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- First page
- 500-507
- Volume
- 181
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- ISSN
- 0045-6535
- Open access status
- Technical exception
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- Year of publication
- 2017
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
- 8 - Chemistry
- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Without PFAS chemistry, it is challenging to meet the current textile industry requirements for liquid repellency and this study, for the first time reports the over-engineering aspect of water-repellent finishing in outdoor apparel. It was found that for a majority sector of outdoor apparel consumers, non-fluorinated chemistry can currently meet user-phase repellency requirements. It also reports on the significant environmental/ sustainable benefits by switching to non-fluorinated finishes. This work reports that it is possible to minimise, even eliminate, PFOA and PFOS from human and environmental exposure.
This is the first study to compare per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances and non-fluorinated repellent finishes for apparel in the lights of intensifying legislation and increased research on the toxicological persistent nature of PFASs. This research provides a framework for the outdoor apparel industry to achieve significant environmental and toxicological benefits by switching outdoor apparels to non-fluorinated chemistry such as hydrocarbon chemistry.
This research systematically analyses the complexities between required functionality, legislation, and sustainability within outdoor apparel by using consumer surgery as well as laboratory experiments (e.g. BS EN ISO 14419) and by critically analysing all the complex set of data. Professor Goswami was involved in the conceptualisation of this research project, the research planning, methodology planning and experimental plans, analysis of the results, critical discussions, and writing the research papers.
This research sits within the fields of technical textiles and materials science.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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