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The tremendous effects of
chemicals in fast fashion
The fast fashion industry
generates a large amount of
chemical waste, most of
which ends up
contaminating the world’s
water sources and seas.
nature.com
Starting from the growing of
cotton crops, to final
material treatments such as
dying and waterproofing,
millions of litres of water
contaminated by harmful
The waste chemicals from textile
chemicals are disposed of by
factories often end up in natural
the fast fashion industry.
water sources such as rivers.
When this water is disposed
of untreated, it often © MECB created by NightCafe
contaminates natural water
tables and seas, such that
harmful effects such as
eutrophication and trophic
transfer. springer.com
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