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Toxic Textiles - Pesticides drench most cotton products (video, 26’)
by Open-Publishing - Friday 7 March 20081 comment
Deutsche Welle TV
25 mn 54 s - 5 févr. 2006
Toxic Textiles - Pesticides drench most cotton products, including many we eat.
Toxic Textiles? Are the sales personnel of Germany’s clothing retailers at risk of being poisoned? The textiles they sell are contaminated with highly toxic chemicals. The chemical PCP (Pentachlorophenol), which is prohibited in Germany, is applied to garments to protect them during transport to Europe. Other hazardous pesticides used in the cultivation of cotton in Asia have also been found in textiles. A camera crew picks up the trail in India, following the toxic garments on their way to Germany.
It shows people exhibiting neurologic symptoms, as we speak, from exposure to banned pesticides, illegally used in poor countries, in the cut throat pursuit for market share of the world’s textile markets. Don’t miss it.
Watch the video:
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Forum posts
10 March 2008, 09:02, by gmathol
As a matter of fact one can’t make a shirt for a dollar or less! We buy good old European cotton from Switzerland or from the Black Forest! Guess what? It lasts much longer, is easier to maintain and has a much more thought through design than Chinese crap.