Green Living: Greenpeace's Dirty Laundry Reports enough to make me go naked!

Before you and I buy that next t-shirt let's check out Greenpeace's Detox campaign. Their Dirty Laundry 1 & 2 reports were enough to make me go naked but hey would I really do that knowing I have the body I have?!!  I like my clothes, food,  my environment to be toxic free. The Green Eco Health Shop was precisely set up with the intention of creating awareness that there are alternatives to chemicals and other toxic pollutants that adversely affect our health and the planet. Toxic residue seep into our water supply and its no longer potable.This is just in from my friend Katz who is one of The Green Shop's Green Angel's. She said that the Philippine's garment & fashion industry is taking steps to create awareness about toxic chemicals in clothing materials. Some companies are already asking suppliers for  toxic free certifications. Now that's being responsible. So are we ready to take responsibility for our actions to create a toxic free future NOW?  Lets go Green Rangers, Green Angels, Green Activists!

Greenpeace has this  to say about developments in their detox campaign both the good, the bad & the ugly.

First the good news!

Brands that have detoxed!

"The world's top three sportswear brands -- Nike, Adidas and Puma -- have now committed publicly to eliminate all discharges of hazardous chemicals throughout their supply chain and across the entire lifecycle of their products by 2020. Adidas is going toxic-free, the company has just announced! This is great news for our environment, our rivers and the millions of people in China and elsewhere who depend on rivers for drinking water and agriculture. Without the coming together of Greenpeace supporters and activists to challenge Nike, Adidas and other would-be champions to lead the way towards a toxic-free future, it would have taken much longer to achieve.

Get more of that awesome news here:

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/detox-campaign-hat-trick-adidas-joins-nike-an/blog/36569/

I love H& M brand for its affordable and trendy outfits. I discovered it in a mall in Habstetten,  Switzerland when I visited my sister ages ago.  But  now, H&M & Toxic is so last season!

"There's a skeleton in H&M's closet. The fast-fashion retailer sells clothes made with chemicals which cause hazardous water pollution around the world, and the only way to stop this water pollution is to come clean and stop using such chemicals for good. As one of the largest clothing groups in the world, an H&M committed to a toxic-free future would set the trend for the rest of the fashion industry to follow.

For H&M to be fashion forward, it needs to match the efforts of Nike, Adidas and Puma by committing to eliminate all uses and discharges of hazardous chemicals throughout its entire supply chain."

A Snoopy t-shirt, a red and white striped polo shirt, a women's white tank top, and a grey children's shirt purchased in H&M stores in China, Russia, the Netherlands and Switzerland. They were tested and found to contain nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs), which break down in water to become toxic nonylphenol (NP).

Read up on why toxic is so last season here:

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/hm-detox/

and here are the links to Greenpeace's Dirty Laundry and Dirty Laundry 2 reports:

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/reports/Dirty-Laundry/

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/reports/Dirty-Laundry-2/

Cross-posted to:

http://www.iamimaginal.net/2011/09/greenpeace-dirty-laundry-reports-enough.html