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  • 2018-06-20 (xsd:date)
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  • Are Under Armour Garments Flammable? (fr)
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  • In June 2018, a Facebook user shared a screenshot of another user's post about a purported incident involving flammable Under Armour brand children's garments: The original poster also shared an abbreviated version of the story to a public Facebook group: The post questioned whether the brand's clothing was fireproof, but since affordable, ordinary wear clothing cannot be made completely impervious to fire, government safety regulations for clothing typically address flammability (i.e., the speed at which clothes catch fire and the rate at which they burn once alight), with higher standards typically applied to children's sleepwear. Relevant regulations came into effect with the U.S. Flammable Fabrics Act of 1953 [PDF, PDF], following a series of deaths in the 1940s related to rayon garments for children. A portion of the law pertained to classifications of the flammability of clothing, including baseline standards for general flammability in garments. At the Act's inception the Federal Trade Commission enforced its provisions, then responsibility for enforcement was transferred to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) in 1967. The CPSC established additional standards for for the flammability of clothing textiles, vinyl plastic film (used in clothing), carpets and rugs, children's sleepwear and mattresses and mattress pads. In April 2006, the Department of Defense confirmed that certain lines of synthetic clothing (including ones sold under the Under Armour brand) had been banned on Marine bases and camps in Iraq for posing a substantial burn risk: Separate testing found that synthetic garments from brands such as Under Armour tended to melt and could exacerbate burns [PDF]. Clothing recommended specifically for environments in which exposure to sparks or fires is common is known as flame-resistant, but a manufacturer of flame-resistant clothing noted that even garments held to a high standard of fire resistance are not wholly fireproof: The CPSC has not announced any recalls we could find related to the flammability of Under Armour clothing, and we found no information to suggest the brand's items were not in compliance with federal regulations. We contacted Under Armour and the CPSC for further information and received the following response from the manufacturer: (en)
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