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Campaigners demand an end to sandblasting
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by
emma
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published
09-07-2013
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filed under:
sandblasting,
China,
denim
Campaigners today, July 9th, held a demonstration outside the Hong Kong flagship store of Hollister demanding the company do more to end sandblasting in the garment industry.
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Killer Jeans still being made
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by
geertjan
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published
29-03-2012
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last modified
24-04-2013 09:50
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filed under:
jeans,
sandblasting
New research shows that sandblasting continues in high street production. A new report, Deadly Denim, released by the Clean Clothes Campaign, found that large factories exporting jeans overseas continue to use sandblasting.
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Armani bans sandblasted jeans but Dolce and Gabbana STILL ignore the call
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by
geertjan
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published
14-09-2011
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last modified
24-04-2013 09:50
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filed under:
jeans,
Dolce and Gabbana,
sandblasting,
Armani
After a long standing campaign launched by Clean Clothes Campaign in November 2010 and a recent petition hosted by Change.org, Giorgio Armani SpA agreed to ban the dangerous practice of sandblasting jeans, a technique used to give jeans a used look which is highly dangerous to workers.
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Pressure builds on Dolce & Gabbana to ban sandblasting
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by
geertjan
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published
08-08-2011
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last modified
25-04-2013 13:32
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filed under:
jeans,
Dolce and Gabbana,
sandblasting
Clean Clothes continues to focus on the remaining brands which have not responded to our call for banning sandblasting or whom have refused to communicate with us. They mostly happen to be Italian luxury brands – Roberto Cavalli and Dolce and Gabbana.
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Versace deletes Facebook protests on sandblasting
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by
geertjan
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published
07-07-2011
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last modified
25-04-2013 13:29
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filed under:
sandblasting,
Versace
The luxury Italian brand Versace de-activated its Facebook wall after activists posted dozens of messages demanding that the company ban sandblasting. Scores of other denim producing brands have already publicly banned sandblasting, a technique which can kill the workers involved, but Versace, along with Armani, Dolce & Gabbana have failed to address the issue or even enter into a dialogue with CCC.
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Versace announces it will join the global ban on sandblasting
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by
geertjan
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published
21-07-2011
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last modified
25-04-2013 13:30
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filed under:
jeans,
sandblasting,
Versace,
denim
After an intensive campaign launched by the Clean Clothes Campaign and recently hosted by Change.org, the Italian textile brand Versace has just announced that it will join other denim manufacturers around the globe in calling for a ban on the practice of sandblasting.
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Stop the Killer Jeans!
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by
geertjan
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published
13-02-2011
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last modified
29-04-2013 15:55
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filed under:
jeans,
sandblasting
After much publicity on an Italian TV-show, Roberto Cavalli has issued a very terse statement saying they are not currently using sandblasting. Not exactly a public ban, but a start...
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Killer Jeans - Manifesto to end sandblasting
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by
geertjan
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published
18-11-2010
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last modified
24-04-2013 09:50
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filed under:
jeans,
sandblasting
The Clean Clothes Campaign has launched an appeal on jeans producers to stop sandblasting their products. Sandblasting can cause an acute form of the deadly lung disease silicosis. The practise puts the lives of thousands of sandblasting operators at serious risk. It's often performed in small workshops in the informal sector in jeans-producing countries like Bangladesh, Egypt, China, Turkey, Brazil and Mexico. Almost all of the jeans sold in Europe are produced in these countries. In Turkey alone, 46 documented cases of sandblasters contracting silicosis and dying have been registered. This is likely to be only the tip of the iceberg.
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Deadly Denim: Sandblasting in the Bangladesh Garment Industry
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by
Paul Roeland
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last modified
13-01-2016 14:31
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filed under:
sandblasting,
Bangladesh
Sandblasting has become the key method for finishing most modern jeans requiring that ‘worn-out’ look. Under the sandblasting process the denim is smoothed, shaped and cleaned by forcing abrasive particles across it at high speeds. The process is fast and cheap and demand for pre-worn denim has led to a massive rise in its use. But this fashion comes at a price: the health and even the lives of sandblasting workers. The Deadly Denim report from March 2012 describes the true cost of these blue jeans.
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Deadly Denim - Summary
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by
Paul Roeland
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last modified
24-04-2013 18:56
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filed under:
sandblasting,
Bangladesh
Sandblasting has become the key method for finishing most modern jeans requiring that ‘worn-out’ look. Under the sandblasting process the denim is smoothed, shaped and cleaned by forcing abrasive particles across it at high speeds. The process is fast and cheap and demand for pre-worn denim has led to a massive rise in its use. But this fashion comes at a price: the health and even the lives of sandblasting workers.
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Publications from the Clean Clothes Campaign