The Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, known as Empa, has developed a physically and chemically independent network of flame retardants inside cotton fibers, ...

A law passed a couple of years ago to revitalize the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) received a lot of attention because of its tough requirements for toxic materials such as lead and ...

Untreated cotton fabric absorbs water droplets (top) and cotton fabric treated with a form of cottonseed oil repels water (bottom). WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2025 — More than half of the 7.5 million bales ...

The Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade recently premiered a new regulation that calls for specific requirements on the permitted amount of formaldehyde and azo dyes in textile products ...

The iron, that relic of households past, is no longer required to look neat and freshly pressed. Why bother when retailers like Nordstrom offer crisp “wrinkle-free finish” dress shirts and L. L. Bean ...