Tell Columbia Sportswear: End the use of Toxic "Forever" Chemicals!

Major outdoor brand Columbia Sportswear continues to use a highly toxic
and unnecessary chemical called PFAS in its products.

PFAS chemicals are associated with serious health risks like liver damage,
thyroid disease, and cancer — and when clothing containing these "forever"
chemicals are made, washed, and disposed of, those chemicals contaminate
our environment and drinking water.

Sign our petition urging Columbia Sportswear to end its use of PFAS!

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Dear NRDC Activist,

The clothes you have on right now could contain a dangerous mix of toxic
"forever" chemicals, and you wouldn't even know it.

That's the threat from PFAS chemicals — a family of approximately 12,000
dangerous synthetic chemicals widely used in the apparel industry to make
clothes more water- and stain-resistant. These chemicals can cause serious
illnesses including liver damage, impact to child development, and cancer.
PFAS also pollute drinking water supplies for an estimated more than 200
million people in the U.S., and don't break down in the environment —
earning the name "forever" chemicals.

A new report and scorecard from NRDC show that while many leading apparel
brands are reducing their use of PFAS, major outdoor apparel company
Columbia Sportswear gets an F for continuing to use this highly toxic and
pervasive chemical. And it needs to end now.

[ [link removed] ]NRDC and its partners are putting Columbia Sportswear on notice,
demanding the company change its practices and end its use of PFAS. But
consumers like you can play an especially important role in this fight —
and we need your help to build a groundswell of public pressure that's too
powerful for Columbia to ignore.

[ [link removed] ]Send your letter to Columbia CEO Timothy Boyle, demanding the company
end its use of toxic PFAS chemicals!

[ [link removed] ]Tell Columbia Sportswear: Our health can't take more PFAS!

PFAS don't breakdown easily in the environment, or when they do, they
break down into more PFAS. And when clothes containing PFAS are made,
washed, or disposed of, the chemicals contaminate our environment and
travel freely into our body through the water we drink, the air we
breathe, the food we eat, and the clothes we wear every day.

PFAS exposure is linked to severe illnesses such as thyroid disease, liver
and kidney damage, reproductive harm, and reduced response to vaccines.
And after accumulating in our blood, lungs, kidneys, and other organs,
they can take years to be flushed out.

[ [link removed] ]It's time to end the use of PFAS in our clothes. Help us build a
massive public outcry and demand Columbia Sportswear change its practices
for the good of our health and our environment!

And here's the kicker about Columbia's refusal to act: PFAS chemicals
aren't even needed anymore! Industry leaders are already adopting
alternative designs and chemicals that do the same job without the
multitude of health risks that are associated with even low levels of
exposure to PFAS.

Make no mistake: Columbia depends on consumers like you and I to keep the
company in business. If enough consumers demand change, they'll have no
choice but to phase out these toxic chemicals.

That's why it's critical we wage this massive public awareness campaign
against the company and demand they stop using PFAS in their products!

[ [link removed] ]Add
your name to our petition against Columbia Sportswear today, and we'll get
it over to Columbia HQ, ensuring your powerful voice is heard loud and
clear.

Thank you for standing with us.

Sincerely,

Sujatha Bergen
Senior Advocate, People and Communities, NRDC

The mission of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is to
safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural
systems on which all life depends.

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