패션 산업의 엄청난 환경/인간 유해성!ㅠㅠ 패션 산업의 윤리에 관한 다큐멘터리 Thread 예고편. Surprisingly, fashion could be one of the most environmentally (to the nature and the people) harmful industry in the world! 20% of industrial fresh WATER POLLUTION comes from textile treatment and dyeing. In 2009, the world used 3 trillion gallons of FRESH WATER to produce 60 billion kgs of fabric; it takes 700 gallons of FRESH WATER to make 1 cotton T-shirt. 1 trillion kilowatt hours are used every year by the global textile industry = 10% of total CARBON IMPACT. TEXTILE WASTE occupies nearly 5% of all landfill space; The ave US citizen throws away 68 ins of clothing/yr --- 1 million tons of textiles are thrown out every year. “Conventionally grown cotton uses more insecticides than any other single crop and epitomizes the worst effects of chemically dependent agriculture. Each year cotton producers around the world use nearly $2.6 billion worth of pesticides — more than 10% of the world’s pesticides and nearly 25% of the world’s insecticides. Cotton growers typically use many of the most hazardous pesticides on the market including aldicarb, phorate, methamidophos and endosulfan. Cotton pesticides are often broad spectrum organophosphates–pesticides originally developed as toxic nerve agents during World War II–and carbamate pesticides. Pesticides used on cotton– even when used according to instructions– harm people, wildlife and the environment. These pesticides can poison farm workers, drift into neighboring communities, contaminate ground and surface water and kill beneficial insects and soil micro-organisms.”
Posted on: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 20:04:20 +0000
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