Denim Manufacturing
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14 August 2010 - Guangdong Province, China. Every morning, workers at a denim washing factory in Xintang, Zengcheng, must search through wastewater to scoop out stones that are washed with the fabric in industrial washing machines to make stonewash denim. In Xintang, where the economy is centered around textile production, Greenpeace has found high levels of industrial pollution and has documented the effects on the community.
ClothingEast Asian ethnicitiesFactoriesFactory workersMasks protectiveMenOne personPollutionToxics campaign titleWater pollution