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Cotton
Polyester
Utopian Fabrics
Rayon Can be
safely washed at
home Perfect Fit
after washing No
Shrinking No
Stretching
Improved CreaseRecovery.
Artificial silk- 1885
Nylon
Nylon Get rinsed through at
other
synthetic can
ever be part
of sustainable
solution to our
clothing
consumption.
of synthetic started.
Mid 1980- saw the
advent of
microfibers.
Finely knitted or
woven polyester
fabric , they are
weather proof warm
, soft , importantly
more able to
breathe than the
first generation
polyesters.
produced.
BY 2004 annual production had risen to some
30 million tonnes.
Every British
household uses an
average 373 plastic
bottles a year , only
29 of which recycles.
Recycling just one
plastic bottle can
conserve enough
energy to light a 60
watt light bulb for 60
hours.
History of Cotton
Cultivated in Indus River
make clothes.
In Pakistan only upto 10 percent of cotton
cropland in the Punjab region wad treated
with pesticides in 1983 but this had risen to
95-98 percent by 1991.
cotton production.
If you complain to companies saying that
endosulfan is killing farmers, they respond
with claim that proper use and proper storage
of endosulfan shouldnt cause any problem.
Its a total disregard for the reality of cotton
farmers.
GM Cotton
40 % of world cotton production in 2010.
GM and non GM Cotton cannot coexist.
GM cotton reported decreases average yield
GM Cotton
GM seeds can cost upto ten times more than
conventional seed.
Sheep became dull and depressed after
grazing on GM cotton crop residue , started
coughing , suffered blackish diarrhea.
At least 1820 sheep death were recorded in
four villages of America.