Non-toxic towels
What’s really in most towels. The research.
Three things most towels contain, what the studies found, and how we left each one out.
OEKO-TEX® certified · Water-washed only
The research
Three problems. What the research found. What we did.
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Problem 01
Your towel is part plastic.
“Cotton-rich” means a polyester blend.
The research
496,000
Polyester is plastic (PET). One 6 kg polyester wash shed about 496,000 plastic microfibers.
Napper & Thompson, Marine Pollution Bulletin 2016
The MIORA fix
100% cotton.
No polyester, so none of the 496,000 microfibers a polyester wash sheds.
Polyester: 0%
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Problem 02
The softness is a coating.
Softener makes towels absorb less.
The research
Less absorbent
Liquid fabric softener coats cotton fibers and makes towels absorb less water. The softness you feel in the store is the coating.
Igarashi & Nakamura, Journal of Oleo Science 2021
The MIORA fix
Zero softeners.
Soft from the cotton itself. Nothing to wear off.
Water-washed only
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Problem 03
Chemical finishes and dyes.
The top textile skin triggers.
The research
1,000+
Formaldehyde resin finishes and disperse dyes are the textile chemicals dermatologists most link to skin allergy. OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 tests fabric against 1,000+ harmful substances.
U.S. GAO, Formaldehyde in Textiles (GAO-10-875, 2010); DermNet, Formaldehyde allergy; Malinauskiene et al., Contact Dermatitis 2013; Nijman et al., Contact Dermatitis 2023; OEKO-TEX® Standard 100, oeko-tex.com
The MIORA fix
None. OEKO-TEX® tested.
No resin finish, no disperse or AZO dyes. 1,000+ substances tested.
OEKO-TEX® certified
Non-toxic towels
One ingredient: cotton.
No plastic. No softener. No chemical finish.
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