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ROSS LAKE

#70-4520
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A wide-width choice that's visually stunning and functionally sturdy.

Oeko-Tex:   Standard 100 Certified yarns.
LEED:   Eligible for credits: indoor air quality, use of rapidly renewable resources, and/or innovation; Passed predictive test to meet GreenGuard™ standards for chemical emissions.
Fiber Composition:   100% long fiber linen
Colorways:   1
Width:   Double width:  133.9" / 340 centimeters
Weight:   7.4 oz sq yd; 251 gms sq meter
Country of Origin:   Italy

EcoFacts

Luscious Linen. This linen is grown in northern Italy without the use of herbicides, pesticides or synthetic fertilizers. The linen fibers we use in the yarn are “tow” or extremely long fiber strands.

Certified Safe. The fibers are spun into yarn and dyed in northern Italy by a spinner who has earned the "Master of Linen" designation. These craftspeople use only low-impact fiber reactive dyes that have no chemical toxicity. They take care to treat their wastewater so that it does not contaminate the local environment.

These yarns are certified by Oeko-Tex to Standard 100. Oeko-Tex is a third party certifier; it measures the chemicals found in fabrics which are known to impact human health. Their standard 100 is the most stringent, which means these yarns are safe enough for infants to put in their mouths.

Old-World Methods. The yarns are woven into the fabric at a mill in southern Italy that has been in the same location for over 100 years. This mill uses absolutely no sizers or de-sizers, in fact it uses no chemicals at all throughout their production process, avoiding chemical baths that degrade the yarn's quality and inherent strength.

Test Results. Ross Lake is predicted to meet GreenGuard standards. It was tested by an ISO 9001:2000 registered IAQ (Indoor Air Quality) testing lab, which measured the out-gassing of nasty chemicals. Our results were very impressive, well below limits set by the USGBC to allow fabrics to accrue LEED points for low emitting materials.

This test, a combination of gas chromatograph/mass spectrometry and high performance liquid chromatography, lasts for 24 hours. A small piece of fabric is placed in a closed chamber. The chemicals out-gassed for the first 24 hours at a given temperature and pressure are extrapolated to predict the results for the equivalent of a room volume. Based on decay rates for various chemicals, the test predicts the results after 168 hours (the GreenGuard requirement).  So based on those parameters, and the results you see below, our fabrics passed with flying colors.

The LEED threshold and our actual results are:

Chemical measured

LEED requirement

O Ecotextiles Fabric Group #1

O Ecotextiles Fabric Group #2

TVOC - Total Volatile Organic Compounds

.25 mg/mg3

.048 mg/mg3

.02 mg/mg3

HCHO (formaldehyde)

25 parts per billion

<1 part per billion

<1 part per billion

Total aldehydes

50 parts per billion

<1 part per billion

1 part per billion

We're happy to send you more detailed lists of the 22 chemicals actually tested and not just the grouping of the chemical categories should you want it.

Group 1 Fabrics:
Bloedel
Chinook
Lopez
Ozette
Ross Lake
Tyee

Group 2 Fabrics:
Shoto
Tacoma
Rogue River
Hardy Organic Hemp

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