A growing number of sports bras, shirts and leggings brands found with high levels of toxic chemical, watchdog warns

May 18, 2023

After warning customers in October about BPA in athletic clothes, the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) said it sent legal notices to brands whose leggings, shorts, sports bras, and athletic shirts after testing showed the clothing could expose wearers to up to 40 times the safe limit of BPA, based on standards set in California, which has some of the most protective health laws around chemicals in the United States. cnn