Famous Brand Clothing Enterprises Feel Bad Quality, Clothing Pollution Is Becoming More And More Serious.

The latest green label released by the international environmental protection agency, Greenpeace International, said that 20 of the world's fashion brands, including Armani, Vitoria's secret and so on, used toxic and harmful substances in the production process.

The toxic substances detected include nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether (NPE), o-phthalic acid two carboxylic acid ester and azo dyes, which release carcinogenic aromatic amines.

Big names have been caught.

Compared with the brands such as Adidas and Nike, which were revealed in 2011.

The investigation of suppliers' use and emissions of toxic and harmful substances, Greenpeace believes that the survey is "regrettable" because "more toxic and harmful substances were found in the survey".

It is reported that the 20 brands that have been tested are not lack of international top brands such as Armani, CalvinKlein, Levi 's, Victoria' s Secret, and some fashionable brands that are popular among young people.

H&M, Esprit, Only, Veromoda, Zara, etc.

Greenpeace said that in 2012, it purchased 141 samples of clothing from different countries in 29 countries and regions.

The results are worrying. In 4 samples, a high concentration of toxic and harmful substances, o-phenyl two formic acid, was detected. Two samples were detected from carcinogenic aromatic amines released by azo dyes.

89, nearly 2/3 of the samples were detected environmental hormone NPE.

In addition, many kinds of industrial chemicals with potential hazards have been detected in most samples.

Greenpeace said, "as a toxic and harmful substance, any use of NPE, phthalate two formic acid, or the use of carcinogenic aromatic amine will release the azo dyes, should not be allowed."

Data show that as a toxic and harmful substance, NPE will degrade into nontoxic phenol with strong toxicity and persistence and bioaccumulation in the environment. Nonylphenol is not only toxic, persistent and bioaccumulative, but nonylphenol is also an environmental hormone, and it can be accumulated through food chain and escalated step by step.

Mainland brands are reported.

This time, four samples were detected NPE, and the detection rate of NPE was 100%.

In response, fan guest's public relations responded that the "poisonous" proposition was not established nor existed.

Van guest said, "most of our suppliers are well-known factories in China and even internationally. They provide the highest standard of service for all customers.

But we are still urging suppliers to improve residual detection and pollution control capabilities. "

In addition, Zara, a Spanish retail chain, was not spared, and carcinogenic aromatic amines released by azo dyes were also detected in two samples.

Greenpeace said, "although the concentration is below the sales quota, it is still hard to detect carcinogens on clothing."

Aromatic amines are used to produce azo dyes, but then when aromatic dyes are decomposed, aromatic amines will be released.

The aromatic amine - ortho anisamine detected here is a carcinogen and may also cause cancer in humans.

Zara public relations reply media said that Inditex can ensure that the health and safety of products are 100% high requirements and guarantees in the production process. Its health and safety standards are regulated according to the highest requirements in the world.

Wu Xiaoyu, a researcher at Minsheng securities research department, said in an interview with reporters that the quality of clothing in the Chinese market is even more serious because the Chinese market standards are not as stringent as those in foreign countries.

At least, there are no major problems in the detection of some international brands.

Wu Xiaoyu analysis, "now many famous.

Enterprises have put production bases in developing countries such as Bangladesh and Indonesia, which results in the lack of strict supervision and approval process in production, so the quality of clothing has frequently appeared in recent years.

Greenpeace said that with the rise of "fast fashion", a large number of garments were produced and sold, and the environment was also severely tested, especially from toxic and harmful substances.

In order to cater for the needs of customers, fashion clothing brands constantly shorten the production and sales cycle on the one hand to promote the trend of fashion.

On the other hand, we constantly put pressure on suppliers to shorten the construction period.

Greenpeace believes that this will, to a certain extent, "force" suppliers to act irresponsibly on the environment and labour.

"It is worth noting that an important part of the huge turnover of clothing is the one-time consumption of clothing."

Greenpeace, a large number of discarded

They have entered the landfill or been burned.

In Germany and the United Kingdom, 1 million tons of clothing are discarded every year. In the United States, 5.3% of urban refuse in 2010 came from 13 million 100 thousand tons of discarded clothing.

Huge clothing production has amplified the impact of clothing on the environment.

From cotton production to

In the whole process of printing and dyeing, a large amount of water and pesticides are consumed and a lot of chemicals are used.

Greenpeace said that with the use and release of persistent and bioaccumulating toxic and harmful substances, the impact of fast fashion on the environment has been going on for many years.

These pollutants can exist in the environment for a long time, or accumulate in sediments, or accumulate in organisms, while others can migrate over a long distance.

In addition, there are also substances that can cause significant damage to the environment even at very low concentrations.

An environmental industry insider told reporters that in China, the sewage discharged by some enterprises will not be completely reduced to clear water even after treatment, which will cause pollution to the environment. "Even if every factory is discharging sewage according to the state's laws, there are many enterprises in such a basin, and the total amount of sewage they discharge may still exceed the water environmental quality standard.