The production of clothing and textiles is the second most polluting industry globally. (Ecowatch)         After dying textiles, untreated chemical textile dyes are routinely disposed of by dumping directly into rivers globally. (The Guardian)         Nearly two-thirds of the underground water in China has been determined to be "unfit for human contact." (Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning)         The production of nylon emits a greenhouse gas with a carbon footprint more than two hundred times greater than CO2. (The New York Times)         The Chinese textile industry produces three billion tons of soot each year. (National Resources Defenses Council)         Over a billion tons of fabric waste is created each year. (Threadsol and Forbes)         The average American throws away more than sixty-eight pounds of clothing annually. (Council for Textile Recycling)         More pesticides are used on cotton than any other crop on earth. (Forbes)         Five of the nine most common pesticides used on cotton in the United States (cyanide, dicofol, naled, propargite, & trifluralin) are 'known carcinogens.' (United States Environmental Protection Agency)         A third of a pound of pesticides is used to produce one conventional-cotton t-shirt. (National Resources Defenses Council)         One hundred percent of the thirty-eight million annual tons of highly toxic pesticides used on cotton remains in our ecosystem— in our groundwater, soil, rivers, oceans and in the fibers of the clothes we bring home. (Organic Trade Association, Stockholm University)         Multiple washings fail to remove many of the hazardous chemicals and pesticides embedded in the fibers of new conventionally produced clothing. (Stockholm University)         The routine dumping of the carcinogenic chemical chromium-6 by leather tanning factories has created an environmental crisis now impacting all global marine ecosystems. (Scientific America)         Seventy percent of the toxic chemical used in conventional dry cleaning ends up in our ecosystem and on clothing after dry cleaning. (Georgetown University Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, Washington Post & Greenpeace)         The workers who make our clothing typically survive on a fraction of a living wage, work long hours, seven days a week in unhealthy and unsafe working conditions. (Forbes)         More than 44 million cases of pesticide poisoning from cotton cultivation are reported annually. (Ethical Fashion Forum & Environmental Justice Foundation)         Four year after the Rana Plaza building collapse, only 7 of the more than 7000 garment factories in Bangladesh had implemented government-mandated worker-safety programs. (The Business of Fashion)         An estimated fifteen million people are currently victims of human trafficking involved in textile and garment production. (International Labour Organization)         In India alone, over 400,000 children under the age of 15 are currently working in cotton cultivation. (UNICEF)