Rikki Cargo
A press release from O Ecotextiles states, “The textile industry has been condemned as being one of the world’s worst offenders in terms of pollution…” This is because the manufacture of textiles requires two important components: chemicals and water. This press release goes on to describe that, between dyes and transfer agents, there are as many as 2,000 different chemicals used in the process. Then there is the overuse of water, an already finite resource, being employed at every step; from helping transmit the chemicals, to washing them out in preparation for the next stage of production. “The water becomes full of chemical additives,” says O Ecotextiles, “and is then expelled as wastewater; which in turn pollutes the environment.” This toxic runoff wreaks havoc on our ecosystem, entering at unnaturally heightened temperatures, with an increased pH, and saturated with dyes, detergents, bleaches, brighteners, equalizers, and hundreds more. It doesn’t stop there though. The finished product, the clothing we wear, yet harbors many of these chemicals, which then evaporate into the air or become absorbed by the skin. Read feature article here on Eco Lux Living.
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