Thursday, December 6, 2012

Toxic threads: Greenpeace puts fashion pollution on parade - in pictures

Guardian: A new investigation by Greenpeace International has found a wide range of hazardous substances in the effluent of communal wastewater treatment plants in the Binhai and Linjiang industrial zones of Zhejiang province, China, as well as in a nearby river after a pollution accident. Textile manufacturing facilities within these zones supply many different companies, including international clothing brands, but identifying whether individual suppliers are releasing hazardous substances is almost impossible...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2012/dec/06/toxic-threads-greenpeace-fashion-pollution-in-pictures
Enclosure: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/putting-pollution-on-parade/

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