a tale of fabrics

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Tale of Fabircs


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Cotton


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Polyester


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Utopian FabricsRayon – Can be

safely washed athome – Perfect Fitafter washing – NoShrinking – NoStretching –Improved CreaseRecovery!

"rti#cial silk $%%&


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Nylon

Nylon – 'et rinsed thro(gh atthe odd moments and are seenon the bath rail ne)t morning *

dry frills * +oating no creasesNylon was #rst (sed for #shing

line and toothbr(sh bristles b(tfo(nd its fame as women,sstocking!

Nylon was light * strong - +ameresistant and importantly * nylonstocking didn,t bag at the ankle


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.assProd(ced clothing called

disposable fashionPolyester and

othersynthetic canever be partof s(stainablesol(tion to o(rclothing

cons(mption!


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.odern .an,s invention – Scienti#ce)periment by h(ge chemical companies –

/( Pont – $0&1


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2asy care #nish


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Synthetic fabric became known as the fabricthat co(ld make cheap* shortlived* f(n fashionsof street style!


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3y $041 * down sideof synthetic started!

.id $0%1 saw theadvent ofmicro#bers!

Finely knitted orwoven polyester

fabric * they areweather proof warm* soft * importantlymore able to

breathe than the#rst generationpolyesters!


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Polyester and throwaway Society

Synthetic - plasticwere the agentsbehind theobsolescence that listat the heart of themodern fashionind(strymassprod(ced garments*made from arti#cials(bstances * that canbe discarded as

cas(ally and as easilyas they arep(rchased!


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In040 – 4 million tonnes of polyester wereprod(ced!

35 6117 ann(al prod(ction had risen to some81 million tonnes!


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Polyester is not biodegradable * soeverything we have d(mped in land#llaro(nd the globe will be with (s for abo(t

another 611 years!


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Can Polyester be green

.ost pop(lar (se ifpolyester is the form ofpolyethylene teraphlate 9P2: ;* is plastic drink

bottles!Patagonia a US based

o(tdoor clothing labelwas the #rst one to (se

recycled plastic bottles tomake polyester +eece!


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2very 3ritishho(sehold (ses anaverage 848 plasticbottles a year * only

60 of which recycles!Recycling


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3oth bottles and

synthetic yarn from

which all +eece aremade are derivedfrom the samematerial cr(de oil!

'reen Pac – "company which re(seswaste materials and isprod(cing the

recycling +eece for.arks - Spencer!


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. - S claims thatwith men,s wear+eece alone it willre(se 66 million 6>itre bottles* saving=111 barrels of oileach year from going

to virgin polyester!In time . - S hope

to prod(ce all thestore,s polyesterclothing from

recycled plasticbottles!


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2ight Per Cent of the world,s ann(al oilprod(ction goes into making plastic ! .akingrecycled polyester clothes will (se m(ch lesscr(de oil than the traditional method ofprod(cing polyester* beca(se oil has alreadybeen mo(lded into plastic!


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Cotton ? " Nat(ral Fibre @"t


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Bn his way* "nil fo(nd an empty container*

and scooped (p water to drink from a ditch! :hat evening he did not ret(rn home ! "village search fo(nd his body ne)t to emptyCallis(fan bottle innocently (sed to (ench

his thirst!


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:he container he drank from had held a highly

to)ic pesticide* endos(lfan * classes aspesticide with e)tremely high ac(te to)icity!

Dhy was a dis(sed container with lethalresid(e lying o(t in the open @

Dhy the s(bstance so harmf(l being (sed atall @


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Cotton is not the nat(ral #ber we believe in tobe * b(t of the world,s most lethal and dirtiescrops!


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Pesticide deaths – the hidden tr(th

abo(t cottonIf


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abo(t cotton=1 percent of the world,s cotton is (sed to

make clothes!

In Pakistan only (pto $1 percent of cottoncropland in the P(n


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abo(t cotton"ccording to the Dorld Eealth BrganiGation

there are 8 million pesticide poisoning everyyear * ca(sing 61*111 deaths among

agric(lt(ral workers


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abo(t cotton"ccording to I>B the fatality #g(re is m(ch

higher at 71*111 deaths among as many as &million poisoning!

Farmers escaping death may have to dealwith many chronic health problem insidio(sreprod(ctive health or se)(al dysf(nction sideeAects ca(sed by e)pos(re to pesticides!


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abo(t cottonPesticide cost for over &1 percent cost of

cotton prod(ction!

If yo( complain to companies saying thatendos(lfan is killing farmers* they respondwith claim that proper (se and proper storageof endos(lfan sho(ldn,t ca(se any problem!It,s a total disregard for the reality of cottonfarmers!


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Dhy "ren,t they 3annedCotton acco(nts for $= percent of global

insecticide releasemore than any other singlecrop * and $1 percent of all pesticides!


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Dhy "ren,t they 3anned3(lk of national companies * with


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:rading Unfair? Eow the deal for

farmers so bad!"bo(t 71H of s(bsidies went to US Cotton

farmers b(t they present less than $ percentof world,s farmers

In 6117 the top ten recipients received =$percent of all cotton s(bsidies !


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'. Cotton71 H of world cotton prod(ction in 61$1!

'. and non '. Cotton cannot coe)ist!

'. cotton reported decreases average yieldcompared to conventional varieties!


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'. Cotton'. seeds can cost (pto ten times more thanconventional seed!

Sheep became Jd(ll, and Jdepressed, aftergraGing on '. cotton crop resid(e * startedco(ghing * s(Aered blackish diarrhea!

"t least $%61 sheep death were recorded info(r villages of "merica!

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