Back to Nature - Plant Dyes at Chelsea Flower Show
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press
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How Do We Define Natural Dyes?
Laundry on causes around half a million tons of plastic micro fibres a year to be released into the ocean. Micro fibres contain an accumulation of toxic chemicals, which aren't only prevalent in the environment, but they're also entering our bodies. The world wide fertility rate is dropping by nearly one % a year. And this is largely due to those hormon altering chemicals, many of which we do find in our clothing. Only a quarter of them are publishing any information about what harmful or hazardous substances they prohibit in the manufacturing process.
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