Why is Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certification important?
Because textile products, such as pillow shells, are the result of a complex series of manufacturing processes, during which an extremely diverse range of chemicals are used. Some of these chemicals are hazardous to humans and to the environment. Oeko-Tex Standard 100 specifies the allowable levels in textiles of defined substances known to be a health risk to humans such as formaldehyde, heavy metals, bleaching agents and other harmful chemicals. Accordingly, the “Confidence in Textiles/Tested for harmful substances according to Oeko-Tex Standard 100” mark is not a quality label per se, but relates only to the as-produced-state of the textile.
