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Cotton
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Polyester
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Utopian FabricsRayon – Can be
safely washed athome – Perfect Fitafter washing – NoShrinking – NoStretching –Improved CreaseRecovery!
"rti#cial silk $%%&
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Nylon
Nylon – 'et rinsed thro(gh atthe odd moments and are seenon the bath rail ne)t morning *
dry frills * +oating no creasesNylon was #rst (sed for #shing
line and toothbr(sh bristles b(tfo(nd its fame as women,sstocking!
Nylon was light * strong - +ameresistant and importantly * nylonstocking didn,t bag at the ankle
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.assProd(ced clothing called
disposable fashionPolyester and
othersynthetic canever be partof s(stainablesol(tion to o(rclothing
cons(mption!
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.odern .an,s invention – Scienti#ce)periment by h(ge chemical companies –
/( Pont – $0&1
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2asy care #nish
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Synthetic fabric became known as the fabricthat co(ld make cheap* shortlived* f(n fashionsof street style!
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3y $041 * down sideof synthetic started!
.id $0%1 saw theadvent ofmicro#bers!
Finely knitted orwoven polyester
fabric * they areweather proof warm* soft * importantlymore able to
breathe than the#rst generationpolyesters!
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Polyester and throwaway Society
Synthetic - plasticwere the agentsbehind theobsolescence that listat the heart of themodern fashionind(strymassprod(ced garments*made from arti#cials(bstances * that canbe discarded as
cas(ally and as easilyas they arep(rchased!
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In040 – 4 million tonnes of polyester wereprod(ced!
35 6117 ann(al prod(ction had risen to some81 million tonnes!
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Polyester is not biodegradable * soeverything we have d(mped in land#llaro(nd the globe will be with (s for abo(t
another 611 years!
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Can Polyester be green
.ost pop(lar (se ifpolyester is the form ofpolyethylene teraphlate 9P2: ;* is plastic drink
bottles!Patagonia a US based
o(tdoor clothing labelwas the #rst one to (se
recycled plastic bottles tomake polyester +eece!
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2very 3ritishho(sehold (ses anaverage 848 plasticbottles a year * only
60 of which recycles!Recycling
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3oth bottles and
synthetic yarn from
which all +eece aremade are derivedfrom the samematerial cr(de oil!
'reen Pac – "company which re(seswaste materials and isprod(cing the
recycling +eece for.arks - Spencer!
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. - S claims thatwith men,s wear+eece alone it willre(se 66 million 6>itre bottles* saving=111 barrels of oileach year from going
to virgin polyester!In time . - S hope
to prod(ce all thestore,s polyesterclothing from
recycled plasticbottles!
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2ight Per Cent of the world,s ann(al oilprod(ction goes into making plastic ! .akingrecycled polyester clothes will (se m(ch lesscr(de oil than the traditional method ofprod(cing polyester* beca(se oil has alreadybeen mo(lded into plastic!
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Cotton ? " Nat(ral Fibre @"t
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Bn his way* "nil fo(nd an empty container*
and scooped (p water to drink from a ditch! :hat evening he did not ret(rn home ! "village search fo(nd his body ne)t to emptyCallis(fan bottle innocently (sed to (ench
his thirst!
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:he container he drank from had held a highly
to)ic pesticide* endos(lfan * classes aspesticide with e)tremely high ac(te to)icity!
Dhy was a dis(sed container with lethalresid(e lying o(t in the open @
Dhy the s(bstance so harmf(l being (sed atall @
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Cotton is not the nat(ral #ber we believe in tobe * b(t of the world,s most lethal and dirtiescrops!
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Pesticide deaths – the hidden tr(th
abo(t cottonIf
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Pesticide deaths – the hidden tr(th
abo(t cotton=1 percent of the world,s cotton is (sed to
make clothes!
In Pakistan only (pto $1 percent of cottoncropland in the P(n
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Pesticide deaths – the hidden tr(th
abo(t cotton"ccording to the Dorld Eealth BrganiGation
there are 8 million pesticide poisoning everyyear * ca(sing 61*111 deaths among
agric(lt(ral workers
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Pesticide deaths – the hidden tr(th
abo(t cotton"ccording to I>B the fatality #g(re is m(ch
higher at 71*111 deaths among as many as &million poisoning!
Farmers escaping death may have to dealwith many chronic health problem insidio(sreprod(ctive health or se)(al dysf(nction sideeAects ca(sed by e)pos(re to pesticides!
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Pesticide deaths – the hidden tr(th
abo(t cottonPesticide cost for over &1 percent cost of
cotton prod(ction!
If yo( complain to companies saying thatendos(lfan is killing farmers* they respondwith claim that proper (se and proper storageof endos(lfan sho(ldn,t ca(se any problem!It,s a total disregard for the reality of cottonfarmers!
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Dhy "ren,t they 3annedCotton acco(nts for $= percent of global
insecticide releasemore than any other singlecrop * and $1 percent of all pesticides!
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Dhy "ren,t they 3anned3(lk of national companies * with
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:rading Unfair? Eow the deal for
farmers so bad!"bo(t 71H of s(bsidies went to US Cotton
farmers b(t they present less than $ percentof world,s farmers
In 6117 the top ten recipients received =$percent of all cotton s(bsidies !
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'. Cotton71 H of world cotton prod(ction in 61$1!
'. and non '. Cotton cannot coe)ist!
'. cotton reported decreases average yieldcompared to conventional varieties!
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'. Cotton'. seeds can cost (pto ten times more thanconventional seed!
Sheep became Jd(ll, and Jdepressed, aftergraGing on '. cotton crop resid(e * startedco(ghing * s(Aered blackish diarrhea!
"t least $%61 sheep death were recorded info(r villages of "merica!