Tagless Clothing Can Cause Rashes
The government in the US is now warning parents about another health issue and this time it involves clothing. According to authorities, Carter?s tagless clothing line can cause skin rashes. At this time, there are no recalls of any of the tagless clothing however. The tagless clothing has no tag on the inside of the garment. Instead, they use a heat transferred label inside the clothing to identify size and other information. Dye from this heat transferred label can irritate baby?s sensitive skin.
The warning applies to the 2007 clothing line which contains about 110 million garments. Authorities say that if your child develops a rash after wearing the clothing, that you should discontinue use.
The garments were made in numerous countries around the world and have been sold in various retailers. Some clothing on the shelves may still be from the 2007 line, but most of the clothing has been bought already.
So far, about 400 complaints of rashes have been reported. The affected clothing includes various knit items and also pajamas.
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David says...
I find it interesting that it is the heat transferred label on the tagless clothing line that is causing rashes. 400 complaints out of 110 million garments sold? That is such a small, works out to 36 out of every 10 Million garments got complaints. HOw do we know that regular materials like polyester or nylon don’t cause rashes for a small number of babies. Do we put warnings on clothing for that?
I had a relative that got terrible rashes from a particular brand of detergent, he saw no warnings on the detergent. Babies have allergies and yes they have sensitive skin, but for the size of this problem, if I were Carter, I would just send the parents some new garments that are from their regular line of clothes as a good faith gesture.
Lissa says...
Thanks for posting this. For about 2 weeks now, my son has been having scratch marks/rash where the tags would be for his shirts and onesies. It’s a bit weird that he’d scratch himself in that area and I was thinking if it could be his t-shirts. I’ll have to sort out some of his clothes.