Question from kpc
I recently had an employee at whole foods tell me that by washing children’s pajamas in dish soap you could remove the flame retardent chemicals. Do you have any knowledge about this?
Debra’s Answer
That doesn’t sound right to me.
Finishes such as permanent press and flame retardants are designed to stay in the fabric for the life of the garment. If it washed out that easily, it wouldn’t meet the federal flame retardant laws, which is why they put the flame retardant on in the first place.
