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Its also going into the making ofandmaterials used in clothing, shoes, and accessories.
And its not just a polyester problem.
And theres a good chance you wouldnt ever know it.
The United States government doesnt require fashion brands to list all chemicals present on and in a garment.
They also have to be shipped, and its hard to do that safely.
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(New pleather smell, anyone?)
Lets also talk about dyes.
In fact, many pharmaceutical and chemical multinationals todayBASF,DuPont,Novartisgot their start as dye manufacturers.
Petroleum-based azo dyesnow make up 70 percent of the 9.9 million tonsof industrial dye colorants used globally each year.
There are hints that something is amiss, though.
As a result, it hascalled for azo benzene disperse dyesthe jot down used in polyesterto be banned.
For comparison, thats three hundred times higher thanthe EUs limit for certain azo dyes.
Then there is the ongoing saga of airline uniforms.
(All but Southwest Airlines have swapped out these uniforms, butnone have admitted that they caused harm.)
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