14 Clothing Brands Were Accused Of Polluting &Nbsp; YOUNGOR Responded To Questions.

In July 13th, Greenpeace, an international environmental group, released an investigation report in Beijing, "the poison of fashion, the global clothing brand of China's water pollution survey". Nike, Adidas, Lining And so on, 14 global clothing brands have not been able to effectively solve their suppliers' toxic and harmful substances, which has caused water pollution in China.

China is one of the most polluted countries in the world, and 70% of rivers, lakes and reservoirs are polluted to varying degrees. Of them, 20% of organic pollutants are caused by industrial waste water. Textile industry consumes a large number of persistent and hazardous chemicals, and becomes one of the main sources of water pollution.

"As a world factory, China has provided production bases for many domestic and foreign clothing brands." Li Yifang, director of Greenpeace project, said: "the health and environment of the Chinese public have paid a price for this." She believes that while advocating the concept of health, Nike, Adidas, Lining and other famous sports brands are polluting the polluters.

The 14 brands are two in China, the report said. Supplier The industrial wastewater discharged contains endocrine disrupting substances that interfere with endocrine and affect reproductive system. In the day before the Adidas flagship store in village, Sanlitun, Beijing, Greenpeace volunteers demanded that they immediately commit themselves to eliminate and eliminate toxic and harmful substances in their supply chain.

The report covers two Chinese clothing materials suppliers, including YOUNGOR, a listed company in Ningbo, Zhejiang, and Zhongshan Guotai dyeing and finishing Co., Ltd., located in Zhongshan, Guangdong. On the day of the Greenpeace survey report, the Ningbo Textile City of YOUNGOR also issued a public statement, saying that "the content of the report does not conform to the facts".

YOUNGOR textile city's public statement said that YOUNGOR sewage treatment plant sewage outlets environmental protection The automatic monitoring device set by the bureau is monitored by the EPA in real time, and the discharge of sewage is in line with national standards and international standards. Yu Li Da, deputy general manager of YOUNGOR textile, said in an interview that factory drainage was not illegal.

In this regard, Li said that YOUNGOR's discharge behavior did not violate the relevant Chinese laws and regulations. However, she emphasized that NP, a contaminant found in the survey, was included in the list of toxic chemicals that China strictly restricts imports and exports. PFOS is restricted in the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants, and China is one of the signatories.

Some experts say that this reflects the difference between China and foreign countries in emission regulation. Insiders pointed out that in the Greenpeace report, three kinds of chemicals, such as nonylphenol (NP), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), were not reported in China, and no emission standards were set up.