Textile pollution

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there is a large pipe coming out of the water that has been filled with garbage
Water pollution from dyeing denim. This is an easy one. Don't buy new jeans. Buy them from the thrift store.
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Water Colors: 10 Unnaturally Dyed Polluted Rivers
Water Colors: 10 Unnaturally Dyed Polluted Rivers | WebEcoist
a man is working in an art studio with buckets full of paint on the floor
Toxic threads: Greenpeace puts fashion pollution on parade - in pictures
A dyeing factory in Shaoxing Binhai industrial zone: a plant with five dyeing machines will need about 250kg of dyestuff. Along with other additives, about 2,500kg of dyestuff paste circulates in the plant every day. Compounds related to the manufacture and use of dyes, many of which are toxic to a wide range of organisms, including aquatic life, and some – identified at the Linjiang site – are known or suspected carcinogens
the water pollution in china is killing many animals that live in w
Fashion Production Poisons China's Water - Toxic Fashion in China
making garment production the third-largest water polluter in China.
a painting with words written on it in front of some other paint and paper items
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"People's feet and hands are the same color as the dyes, can't get rid of them... When the active pigments get on the skin it is impossible to wash off, unless you stop working in the factories, then the color might start to fade... even people's spit becomes the same color as what they are working with."
a shirtless man wearing a gas mask
The price of success: China blighted by industrial pollution – in pictures
Every morning, workers search through wastewater to scoop out the stones used to make stonewash denim, The Guardian in pictures
the water is full of green algae and debris on the ground next to a bridge
Moves to expose Chinese textile polluters
China’s Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, which collects #pollution records from the #textile industry and maps incidents on a public, on-line, database, is working with government officials to try and introduce a new #pollution release and transfer register system – similar to those used in other developed industrial countries. #Ecotextile News reports from #Shanghai. http://www.ecotextile.com/2013103012280/materials-production-news/moves-to-expose-chinese-textile-polluters.html