FASHION: THE TOXIC BUSINESS
Some 72 toxic chemicals reach our water supply from textile dyeing. Many of these chemicals cannot be filtered or removed.
The textile industry is second only to agriculture as the biggest polluter of clean water globally. Dyeing, rinsing, and treatment of textiles all use large amounts of water.
The other side of fashion.
The textile industry is one of the largest polluters in the world.
The experts estimate that almost 20% of global industrial water pollution comes from the treatment and dyeing of textiles.
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Cotton production accounts for 2.6% of annual global water usage.
A single T-shirt made from conventional cotton
requires 2700 liters of water, and a third of a pound of chemicals to produce.
The big amount of water required by textile production competes with the growing daily water requirements of the half billion people that live in drought-prone regions of the world.