OEcotextiles

Indulgent yet responsible fabrics

Green backlash?

O Ecotextiles (and Two Sisters Ecotextiles)

I just read an article about “green marketing” and how the manufacturer should downplay the green aspects of a product because “very few Americans have ever bought stuff because they want to save the planet.”[1] And I agree that most people just want their stuff, not a sermon. But when I hear something along the …

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Formaldehyde in your fabrics

O Ecotextiles (and Two Sisters Ecotextiles)

In January 2009, new blue uniforms were issued to Transportation Security Administration officers at hundreds of airports nationwide. [1] The new uniforms – besides giving officers a snazzy new look – also gave them  skin rashes, bloody noses, lightheadedness, red eyes, and swollen and cracked lips, according to the American Federation of Government Employees, the …

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