Are toxic chemicals in fashion under-regulated?

Bertie speaks to fashion expert and journalist Alden Wicker about her book To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick - and How We Can Fight Back.

Drawing from case studies in Alden's book, they discuss the health risks with chemicals modern clothing is often treated with, and whether there has been enough research and regulation on the issue.

Further reading: 

• Buy To Dye For from Penguin Random House. 
• Visit Alden's website, EcoCult, for more reporting on these issues. 
• 'Hitting the gym or going to yoga? Your workout clothes could be doing more harm than you realize', CNN, 2023 
• 'That Organic Cotton T-Shirt May Not Be as Organic as You Think', New York Times, 2022
• 'Sick of smelly, plastic clothes? Blame oil and industrial farming', Land & Climate Review, 2023

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