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. (The Guardian)         Nearly two-thirds of the underground water in China has been identified as "unfit for human contact" by China's own government. (Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning)         The production of nylon emits a greenhouse gas with a carbon footprint more than 200 times greater than CO2. (The New York Times)         The Chinese textile industry introduces 3 billion tons of soot into our ecosystem each year. (National Resources Defenses Council)         Over a billion tons of fabric waste is disposed of each year. (Threadsol & Forbes)         The average American disgards more than 68 pounds of clothing annually. (Council for Textile Recycling)         More pesticides are used on cotton than any other crop on earth. (Forbes)         5 of the 9 most common pesticides used on cotton in the United States (cyanide, dicofol, naled, propargite, & trifluralin) are 'known carcinogens.' (United States Environmental Protection Agency)         1/3rd of a pound of toxic pesticides is used to produce 1 conventional cotton t-shirt. (National Resources Defenses Council)         All of the 38 million tons of toxic pesticides used in global cotton production each year stays 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 known carcinogen chromium-6 by leather tanning factories has created an environmental crisis now impacting all global marine ecosystems. (Scientific America)         70% of the toxic chemicals used in dry cleaning stays in our ecosystem and in clothing fibers after conventional 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 years 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 currently work in cotton cultivation, typically spending their days in fields containing high levels of toxic pesticides. (UNICEF)