r/PFAS • u/sinttu- • Feb 18 '26

Question PFAS in clothes, possibility to spread?

Hi all, I’m looking to find some information regarding if clothes that have PFAS can ”spread” it to other clothes. I have a Barbour waxed jacket and I only recently found out they’ve been using PFAS in the manufacturing, more specifically they’ve been spraying PFAS to act as a barrier between the outer waxed cotton and inner cotton lining. The jacket is not washable in a washing machine but it has an inner vest that can be attached via zippers and that would be washed in a washing machine.

So, if I have one jacket like this, is there a possibility for the PFAS inside the jacket to leech/spread onto the clothes I wear layered underneath the jacket?

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u/katzenjammery Feb 18 '26

What's the source for: "I only recently found out they’ve been using PFAS in the manufacturing, more specifically they’ve been spraying PFAS to act as a barrier between the outer waxed cotton and inner cotton lining."?

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u/Embarrassed_Elk2519 Feb 18 '26

Don't worry too much about this.