Toxic Threads 'Fashion Victims' in Thailand

A model poses with a shopping bag bearing the message "Time for Zara to Detox" by a polluted canal in Samutprakran province.
Greenpeace launches a report entitled "Toxic Threads - The Big Fashion Stitch-Up" detailing how big brands like Zara are forcing consumers to buy clothes that contain hazardous chemicals and that contribute toward toxic water pollution both when they are made, and when they are washed.

Unique identifier: GP04C2W

Type: Image

Shoot date: 14/11/2012

Locations: Samut Prakan, Southeast Asia, Thailand

Credit line: © Thitima Bundhumasuta / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Toxic Threads 'Fashion Victims' in Thailand

Models pose with shopping bags bearing the messages 'Fashion Without Pollution" and "Stop Our Water from Becoming a Fashion Victim," close to polluted areas in Samutsakorn province. A Greenpeace report entitled "Toxic Threads - The Big Fashion Stitch-Up" details how big brands are forcing consumers to buy clothes that contain hazardous chemicals and that contribute toward toxic water pollution both when they are made, and when they are washed.

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