Accused Of "Poison" Pollution Of Water Source &Nbsp; Nike, Adidas Denied

Recently, Greenpeace, an international environmental protection organization, released a survey of water pollution in China called "fashion poison: the global clothing brand". It involved Lining, Nike , Adidas CalvinKlein and other 14 Chinese and foreign clothing brands. After the publication of the report, the foundry factory behind the brand is located in the YOUNGOR (quotation) textile industrial city of the Yangtze River Delta and Zhongshan Guotai dyeing and finishing Co., Ltd., located in the Pearl River Delta. This is due to the poisoning of workers in Apple Corp Suzhou foundry. brand Another case involving pollution from foundries.

Yesterday, Nike and Adidas issued a statement to reporters in the south, calling the green peace report untrue.

Greenpeace says wastewater samples are "toxic".

According to the survey, two suppliers discharged various toxic and harmful substances to the waters of the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta respectively. Alkylphenols (including nonylphenol) were found in wastewater samples from two factories. Perfluorinated compounds (PFC), especially perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), were also found in the samples from YOUNGOR textile industrial city wastewater.

Alkylphenol is one of the most commonly used raw materials for printing and dyeing auxiliaries. It has long been required to add detergent and scouring agents to various auxiliaries. As early as 1980s, the the Atlantic Convention for the protection of marine environment (OSPAR) of Northeast China stipulates that nonylphenol is the priority control chemicals.

In this regard, our government and environmental protection departments also attach great importance to it. Some areas have been ordered to ban. The new national standard GB1317l, washing detergent, was proposed to ban alkylphenols, and China also listed nonylphenol in the list of "strictly restricting import and export of toxic chemicals" in January 2011. 1997

Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) is widely used in the production of textiles, leather products and furniture, including nearly 1000 products such as paper food packaging materials that are closely related to people. It is extremely durable and is the most difficult to decompose organic pollutants.

Five years ago, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers jointly issued the directive on restricting the sale and use of perfluorooctane sulfonate. According to the regulation, no substance that is PFOS or substance equal to or exceeding 0.005% is sold with substance or substance composed of PFOS. No products, semi-finished products and parts containing PFOS concentration or quality equal to or exceeding 0.1% (1000ppm) can be sold. At present, China's attention to PFOS like "invisible killer" is not high enough. Management is just in its infancy, and there is no clear restriction on the use or prohibition of the use of such provisions.

"Case" brand responded successively

As one of the main pollutants exposed, YOUNGOR Textile City issued a statement saying that "the contents of the report are inconsistent with the facts". It is also emphasized that the sewage discharge of YOUNGOR textile city is in line with the national standard. The index of sewage discharge is monitored by the EPA in real time to ensure that the discharged sewage has no effect on the biological environment.

"YOUNGOR Textile City has organized international environmental experts to conduct a comprehensive monitoring of our sewage discharge. The water samples were specially sent to the SGS company of Switzerland, the most authoritative environmental monitoring agency in the world. The statement said that no toxic or harmful substances were detected.

As the clothing brand involved in the incident, the people of Nike company, who interviewed Nandu reporters, admitted that they were currently working with two YOUNGOR factories in Zhejiang Province, namely Ningbo YOUNGOR Knitted Underwear Co., Ltd. and Ningbo YOUNGOR sportswear Manufacturing Co., Ltd., but only cut and sew the products. There is no production process of chemicals used by Greenpeace.

Adidas's response is similar. The statement said that in mid June, Greenpeace had contacted Adidas group and referred to YOUNGOR's problem of discharging pollutants into nearby rivers. "We confirmed to Greenpeace that the current cooperation between Adidas group and YOUNGOR group is limited to tailoring and sewing of garments, and does not involve fabric extraction." And if it is the latter, it may cause problems such as dyes, chemicals and water treatment technology.