"Detox" Action in Beijing

Greenpeace activists display a banner with the message "Detox" at the main entrance of both the world's largest Adidas store and a nearby Nike store in Beijing, calling on the sportswear giants to remove toxic chemicals from their supply chains and from their products. The demand comes as the result of a year-long investigation into toxic water pollution resulting from the release of hazardous chemicals by the textile industry in China. The investigation, published in a Greenpeace report called "Dirty Laundry", focuses on two facilities that were found to be discharging a range of hazardous and persistent chemicals with hormone-disrupting properties. These results are indicative of a much wider problem that is posing serious and immediate threats to both our precious ecosystems and to human health.