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Social Responsibility

8/9/2015

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Watched a documentary yesterday, The True Cost. It exposed some of the exploitation of garment industry workers in developing countries, and the pollution caused by the production of textiles. I knew that this was an issue but somehow having it in your face is shocking. Closer to home was a farmer in Texas who has switched to growing organic cotton. Her husband died young from a brain tumor most surely caused by the chemicals used on their large cotton plantation (her husband's doctor said he sees this type of tumor in men 40 to 55 who work in agriculture). I will be looking for organic cotton and checking my textile labels. Who knows, I might even start sewing clothes again......not likely, but I will keep shopping in consignment stores. Recycle!
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