Life of Project
The project, as it unfolds.
The writing, talks, and publications coming out of Fashion Toxicology — alongside the wider body of research on PFAS in fashion that our work is in conversation with.
From the project
What we're making
Featured Writing and Publications
Underneath It All: the toxic reality of fast-fashion underwear
Translating chemical-exposure research for a public audience, and the social dimension of who carries the risk.
Chemical intimacies: A study of PFAS, gendered exposure and the reproductive health politics
In Chemical Reverberations: STS Perspectives on PFAS, Palgrave Macmillan Biolegalities series (eds. Sonja van Wichelen and Marc de Leeuw).
Conference presentations
Under the Surface: fast fashion, chemical exposure, and reproductive health
Presented at the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Annual Meeting.
Around the field
Further reading
A short, growing shelf of the PFAS-and-fashion research our work draws on and responds to.
Taking the Shine off SHEIN
Hazardous chemicals, including PFAS, found in ultra-fast-fashion products breaching EU limits.
Report · IPENToxics in Our Clothing
Forever chemicals detected in jackets and clothing sampled across 13 countries.
Peer-reviewedAn overview of the uses of PFAS
A foundational map of where PFAS are used across industries, including textiles.
Peer-reviewedWork-related health problems of textile factory workers
A systematic review of chemical and dust exposure harms among garment and textile workers.