Common chemicals released under sunlight exposure?

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What are the common and/or possible chemicals that could release from clothes or bedclothes when it is exposed to sunlight? Since there are many
different textures and additives so I am concerned about the common chemicals that could release

I roughly know that sunlight will break a lot of bonding, but when the bonding
is broken, what happens next? will it release any chemical (either harmful or harmless) out, what are they?
 
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There is no simple answer, plus there are many methods of cleaning clothes.
Dry cleaning | water + detergent and/or soap
might be a good starting point.

Plus, to make things more difficult, there are all kinds of additives in water based products, like odorants that make the clothes smell "clean" or "lemon-ish".

In other words, there is no good answer without an exact list of ingredients. Multiple methods means more lists.

This is not a good question for PF, IMO. Maybe @chemisttree knows of some references you can dig through.