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Big-Name Brands Sourcing From Polluting China Firms [1]

Some of the world's leading clothing brands rely on Chinese suppliers that pollute rivers with toxic, hormone-disrupting chemicals banned in Europe and elsewhere, environment group Greenpeace said on Wednesday.

Adidas, Nike, Puma, Calvin Klein, Lacoste, Abercrombie and Fitch and China's Li Ning were among the global names identified in the Greenpeace report following a year-long investigation.

Publication Date: 
14/07/2011
David Stanway [2]
Planet Ark (Australia) [3]
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China [4], Europe [5], Greenpeace [6], Water Pollution [7], Hazardous Waste [8], River Pollution [9], Paint And Dye Industry [10], United States Of America (US) [11], Irrigation [12]
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