Adidas Releases Statement Refuting Results Of Greenpeace Product Safety Test

Adidas "clarified controversial test reports conducted by Greenpeace on its product quality, stressing that all its products are safe to use," according to Sun Xiaochen of CHINA DAILY. An adidas Group Greater China statement said, "None of the tested products pose any health risk to consumers. All of the published results and concentrations fully meet all legal requirements." The adidas statement said that the company "has approached Greenpeace for further clarification and is firmly confident about its product quality and safety." The statement added, "We call on Greenpeace to share details of their testing methodology with us as we would like to verify the implied results through independent institutes. We clearly reject Greenpeace's attempt in making our consumers believe that our products are unsafe" (CHINA DAILY, 5/22).