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03/30/2022
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By Arsenio Toledo
Drought conditions causing surge in cotton prices, raising fears clothes could become more expensive
Freak weather patterns in the United States, including drought conditions in Texas, are affecting the price of cotton, signaling fears that clothes are about to get more expensive. On Monday, March 28, cotton futures in Texas jumped by four percent to reach a price of $1.3171 per pound. At one point during the trading day, cotton futures […]
04/20/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Swiss fashion company creates 100% compostable clothes
Freitag, a fashion company based in Zurich, Switzerland, is creating clothes that are 100 percent compostable – down to the last thread. After two to five months of use, they will begin decomposing, leaving nothing behind, contributing to the fight against clothing waste. Founded by brothers Markus Freitag and Daniel Freitag in 1993, Freitag gained […]
02/20/2020
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By Zoey Sky
Want to lower indoor pollution risk? Stop drying clothes indoors and keep the windows open while you cook, advise NHS regulators
Occasionally drying clothes indoors seems harmless, but according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), doing this simple chore may be contributing to indoor air pollution. Representatives from NICE, the National Health Service’s (NHS) regulator, have advised the public to keep windows open while cooking and to stop drying clothes indoors to reduce air pollution […]
06/13/2019
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By Lance D Johanson
Are your clothes contributing to pollution? Synthetic fibers release tiny pieces of plastic into the environment
One of the most disgusting sights in our world today is heaps of trash, floating around in the ocean. Even though large pieces of plastic are accumulating in the world’s waterways and forming massive aberrations, it is the presence of micro plastics that is most concerning for human health. One of the greatest causes of […]
04/28/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Minimizing fibers used in synthetic fabrics can reduce plastic pollution and save marine life
Plastic pollution in the ocean is not limited to just large pieces of trash that can choke, entangle, and injure marine life. The microfibers that make up synthetic fabrics also contribute to pollution, which is why it is important to reduce the amount of tiny fibers shed by synthetic clothing during each wash. Most images of ocean plastic […]
04/16/2019
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By Vicki Batts
Why do manufacturers and retailers of water-proof clothing keep using fluorochemicals even though they have access to eco-friendly solutions?
Is your favorite outdoor gear contaminating the environment and destroying your health? A shocking new report finds that an overwhelming majority of waterproof clothing manufacturers (and retailers) continue to rely on toxic fluorochemicals to achieve water resistance — even though eco-friendly alternatives are readily available. Researchers from the University of Leeds say that most waterproof […]
09/21/2018
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By Carol Anderson
Are your clothes toxic? Avoid these synthetic fabrics at all costs
It’s alarming how toxins can easily be picked up from basically anywhere. In fact, these health hazards are so prevalent that they’re even found in the clothes you wear. It’s really nothing new, since clothes are manufactured in factories and go through different processes before hitting the markets. Moreover, the type of fabric used in creating […]
07/15/2018
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By Ethan Huff
Vegan-friendly fashion found to be surprisingly bad for the environment
People who avoid fur and other animal-based materials in clothing, believing that this conscious choice makes for a better environment and planet, could be doing more harm than good in the long run, experts now say. That’s because vegan-friendly clothing is often made from synthetic fibers that, more often than not, are derived from petroleum […]
03/25/2018
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By JD Heyes
New lawsuit seeks to uncover the amount of environmental damage being caused by illegal immigrants
The hard Left loves its environmental issues but it also loves open borders and unlimited immigration — legal or otherwise (kind of like the RINOs in Washington, D.C., and their corporate donor masters). So it will be interesting to see how many of them respond to the findings of a new lawsuit that seeks to […]
07/06/2017
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By Rhonda Johansson
Simply washing your clothes pollutes the world with microplastics, so stop buying synthetic fibers
Innocently using a washing machine could inadvertently damage the environment. Researchers have now concluded that washing cycles, regardless of number or length, released vast amounts of microplastics from fabrics, which inevitably entered the environment through wastewater. The results were published in Environmental Science and Technology and reflected the first-ever meticulous and systematic investigation on how […]
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