Overview
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Thursday that the state reached an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance with Lululemon to resolve a probe into possible PFAS in the company’s apparel.
- The three-year agreement requires Lululemon to make vendors show compliance through independent laboratory testing or valid third-party certifications and to verify or retest materials when certifications lapse.
- Lululemon provided documents and third-party lab reports during the inquiry and said state reviewers did not identify PFAS in its products and that the agreement reflects the company’s existing practices.
- The AVC lets Texas monitor Lululemon’s compliance, gives the company 60 days to fix alleged lapses after notice, and the attorney general said the office will expand similar inquiries to other clothing makers, including brands that make children’s clothes.
- PFAS are long-lasting synthetic chemicals linked by emerging research to health concerns such as endocrine effects and cancer, and this enforcement action could push tighter testing and disclosure across the apparel supply chain.