According to the American Chemical Week reported on Sept. 4, the Swedish retailer H & M Hennes & Mauritz (H & M) has banned the use of perfluorinated compounds (PFC) in the company's products. Signed after January 1, 2013 and orders will be delivered does not contain the perfluorochemicals products.

H & M uses the perfluorochemicals its products can be waterproof jacket clothing, shower curtains and tents products. It is reported that perfluorinated compounds harmful to the environment, aquatic plants and their reproductive capacity. H & M said, the company has been found that the alternatives of a perfluoro compound, able to meet the the waterproof performance requirements of the product, and is harmless to the environment and the human body. H & M did not inform the name of the substitute.

In addition, H & M The company also said that since 1995, the company has been gradually reducing the use of hazardous chemicals, perfluorinated compounds over time limit, eventually completely eliminated the compounds. The company also carried out in 2011, 30,000 chemical tests. H & M has about 2,600 retail outlets in 44 countries around the world and 2011 sales of $ 128.8 billion kronor ($ 19.4 billion).

In this presentation, we adopt the real-time exchange rate was U.S. $ 1 = 6.7337 Swedish kronor (Source: Yuanpei industry intelligence)