Product Safety Recall: Infant Capilene® Midweight Set Rappel de produit pour cause de sécurité : Ensemble Infant Capilene® Midweight Earth Is Now Our Only Shareholder

Product Safety Recall

Due to safety concerns about the snaps on the Infant Capilene® Midweight Set, we are implementing a recall of units purchased between August 1, 2021, and January 12, 2023. For more information, including how to identify this product, how to return it and how to get a full refund, please click the link below.

Rappel de produit pour cause de sécurité

En raison de préoccupations en matière de sécurité concernant les boutons-pression des ensembles Infant Capilene® Midweight, nous procédons au rappel de toutes les unités achetées entre le 1ᵉʳ août 2021 et le 12 janvier 2023. Pour obtenir des renseignements supplémentaires, notamment sur la façon de reconnaître ce produit, de le retourner et d’obtenir un remboursement complet, veuillez cliquer sur le lien ci-dessous.

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Fluorinated DWR

Fluorinated DWR (durable water repellent) finishes help keep garments dry but contain environmentally harmful components.

Why

Our durable water repellent (DWR) finish is a coating added to the fabric of our waterproof/weatherproof garments, which helps moisture bead up and roll off the outer fabric; this prevents soaking from the outside and the user becoming cold, clammy or wet, which could be life-threatening in extreme conditions.

Where We Are

Fluorinated DWR finish is a functional chemical coating containing PFCs (short for perfluorocarbons), that the outdoor industry has long relied on to make garments water-resistant. But, they’re nonbiodegradable chemicals with an environmental cost. PFCs are extremely effective at repelling water, but because of their impact, we are in the process of going PFAS-free* (per and polyfluoroalkyl substances) across our entire product line by 2024.

What’s Next

We are converting noncritical products with a DWR finish (around 90 % of our weather/waterproof garments) to become PFC free by Fall 2022, including items like insulation pieces, midlayers and some outerwear. For critical DWR applications, like a rain jacket you’d wear for 24 hours, we do not yet have a DWR solution that meets the functional needs of these garments. The brightest chemists are helping us to find a solution for this remaining 10% of our products.