20 branded garments are alleged to contain "environmental hormones"

Tidal current equals dirty flow? After the 2011 International Environmental Protection organization Greenpeace released the "Fashion Poison-the global clothing brand of China Water Pollution Survey" report and early 2012 domestic institutions issued "for fashion decontamination-green choice textile brand supply chain pollution" after the Green Peace again "sound". The report, "Trends and pollution: a survey of toxic and harmful substances residues in the global fashion Brand", was released globally on November 20, 2012. "Survey" pointed out that ZARA, the United States and other 20 international and domestic well-known fashion brand clothing in the production process used a variety of toxic and harmful substances, and eventually residue in the product. The test results showed that two-thirds of the clothes in the test samples were detected as "environmental hormone" nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether (NPE) and almost all brands, in addition to the detection of a large number of phthalates, commonly known as "plasticizing agent." It is understood that NPE in the textile production is widely used in printing and dyeing and washing links, is discharged into the environment will quickly decompose into more toxic environmental hormone nonylphenol (NP). NP is strongly toxic to aquatic organisms and will interfere with the endocrine system and affect the reproductive system after entering the body. "NPE Price is only one side, there are management problems, in the short term it is difficult to avoid factory use." "Beijing Institute of Clothing Materials college professor, environmental Protection Technology Standards Research Committee member Shang into the reporter said." But the use of these "environmental hormones" is now in place. "Probably in 2015 the relevant standards will be completed," Shang said. At present in the development of the industry by the huge resistance. A factory that produces tens of millions of tons of NPE a year because a standard says stop, will it be easy to obey? In fact, the "environmental hormones" that remain in the clothing itself are just the tip of the iceberg in the entire textile industry. "These big brands are putting a lot of pollution into the rivers of producing countries and threatening more people's health through the food chain," he said. Li Yifang, director of the Green Peace Pollution Control Program, told our correspondent. As a result, China, the world's largest exporter of textiles, is undoubtedly one of the biggest victims. According to the China Textile Industry Association's data, 2012 1-September, China's textile industry exports of 192.7 billion U.S. dollars, the same period last year, a decrease of 1.04%; imports to 18.4 billion U.S. dollars, up 7.31% from the same period last year. "At present, about 60% of the world's fabric and 40% of the clothing products in China production, although not the Chinese economy, but still is an important pole." "A Chinese textile industry association Personage says to this newspaper reporter. "According to the current investigation, we found that there are 6,000 pollution points about the textile industry, of which 3,000 are related to printing and dyeing," said Ma June, director of China Public Environmental Research Center. "In order to control textile pollution, the Ministry of Environmental Protection recently announced the" textile dyeing and finishing industrial water pollutant discharge standard "and other four pollutant emission standards, and will be implemented from January 1, 2013 onwards. An official of the Department of Pollution Control of the Ministry of Environmental ProtectionThis newspaper said, "Twelve-Five" during the Ministry of Environmental Protection will continue to increase the textile industry in the printing and dyeing industry to implement total pollutant control. "But the current standards are all about general contaminants, without mentioning ' environmental hormones '," Li said. ”