Commack, N.Y.-based Wickers Performance Wear's Wickers flame retardant (FR) T-shirts have earned the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Certified Biobased Product Label certifying that the shirts contain 97-percent renewable biobased ingredients.

The shirts are made using Wickers' 50-percent Merino wool/50-percent Lenzing FR® fabric that is moisture-wicking and provides an arc flash protection rating of 4.8 small calories of heat energy per square centimeter.

July/August 2012