A variety of chemicals are used in the production and processing of textiles. Regardless of type or quantity analysis, the most commonly used chemicals are textile auxiliaries. According to incomplete statistics, the current annual output of textile auxiliaries in the world exceeds 4.5 million tons, with nearly 100 categories and about 16,000 varieties, and the annual consumption is about 4.3 million tons.

Many of these textile auxiliaries contain or produce chemical substances that are harmful to human health and the ecological environment during use. When people use and wear textiles and clothing containing these textile auxiliaries, residues remain in the textile products. The harmful substances in the environment will cause harm to human health and the ecological environment. Therefore, many countries and organizations in the world have conducted detailed toxicological and ecotoxicological research on various textile auxiliaries, and have promulgated bans and restrictions on the use of textile auxiliaries. regulations on pharmaceuticals, mainly in Europe.

Rough statistics on the banned and restricted textile auxiliaries stipulated in the markets of various countries show that there are currently more than 18 categories of banned and restricted textile auxiliaries in the international market and nearly 3,000 varieties. Although they are aimed at ecological textiles, that is, the safety and ecological requirements for textile auxiliaries, according to the requirements of the international market, general textiles cannot contain harmful chemicals, otherwise textiles with high technical quality will still fail to meet safety standards or Products that are said to be of substandard quality.