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stubb202 — 2025-09-25 14:55:00 UTC

“Water pollution from clothing production also harms human health. First, while not directly linked to water pollution, the chemicals used in textile manufacturing can have severe impacts on workers’ health. Additionally, chemical dumping into water supplies damages the health of nearby communities that depend on the water for resources, whether that’s drinking water or seafood”.

(Lerner, 389).

stubb202 — 2025-09-25 14:55:33 UTC

“Contamination of drinking water with 0157:H7 can cause severe illness, permanent kidney damage, and even death. In an infamous example, contamination of the municipal water supply of Walkerton, Ontario, Canada, in the summer of 2000 because of runoff from adjacent cattle farms sickened over 2,000 people and killed 7”.

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stubb202 — 2025-09-25 14:58:42 UTC

“Clothing production pollution harms the environment, human health, and reduces our drinking water supply”.

(Lerner, 383).

stubb202 — 2025-09-25 14:59:07 UTC

“In developing countries, waterborne diseases such as cholera, typhoid fever, and hepatitis A are among the leading causes of illness and death, killing over 3.4 million people every year (including 4,000 children every day), according to the World Health Organization (WHO)”.

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stubb202 — 2025-09-25 15:00:02 UTC

“From production to disposal, the fashion industry has three major negative environmental impacts related to water: high water usage, high levels of chemical pollution, and high levels of physical microfiber pollution”.

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stubb202 — 2025-09-25 15:00:53 UTC

“While it was credited with cutting air pollution, it was found in the late 1990s to contaminate drinking water when gasoline is spilled or leaks into surface water or groundwater”.

stubb202 — 2025-09-25 15:03:20 UTC

These quotes both talk about how chemicals can effect human health and even lead to death.

stubb202 — 2025-09-25 15:07:53 UTC

The quotes on the left tells that clothing production is harmful and the quote on the right tells how it is harmful.

stubb202 — 2025-09-25 15:10:25 UTC

Both quotes tell how pollution is easily able to get into our waters that we drink.