Just plain skin friendly: no allergens, carcinogens, pesticides, heavy metals, or formaldehyde.

Teko™ is striving to make ecologically sustainable products. A big part of sustainability is ensuring that we only use dyes with an insignificant amount of harmful substances. We have asked our suppliers to make dyes that meet or exceed Oekotex 100 standards. Pleased with our suppliers work, we are currently under application for Oekotex 100 certification.

About Oekotex
Oekotex was developed by a group of European textile institutes and addresses the human ecology component of textile products. In particular, Oekotex evaluates and screens for the presence of hazardous elements.

Awareness about the Oekotex Standard certification is growing. More and more vendors are now working to meet Oekotex standards as buyers and customers are beginning to demand this certification.

Textiles with the Oekotex label:

• Do not contain allergenic dyestuffs nor dyestuffs that form carcinogenic arylamines of the MAK-groups III A1 and III A2.
• Have been tested for pesticides and chlorinated phenols.
• Have been tested for the release of heavy metals under artificial perspiration conditions.
• Are free from formaldehyde or contain trace amounts significantly lower than the required legal limits.
• Have a skin friendly pH.
• Are free from chloro-organic carriers.
• Are free from biologically active finishes.