PFAS in Children’s Place Uniforms Harmful, Fraudulent, Suit Says

A national children’s clothing store violated Illinois’ consumer protection law by selling school uniforms containing PFAS, according to a class action complaint filed in a federal district court.

Tops, pants, and other clothes mandated by a public school in Chicago and purchased from The Children’s Place contained per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), Angala Garland told the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in a complaint filed on Thursday. Garland purchased the clothes for her son, she said.

The chemicals are harmful, particularly to young children, the complaint said.

The risks they pose violate the company’s claim its ...