Eliminating toxic chemicals

Toxics threaten our water, air, land, oceans - and our future.

Synthetic chemicals put the global health of humanity and the environment at risk, as the world's industries fail to research the potential impacts on our planet.

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Girls sort scrap fabric in a family workshop in Gurao, China where the economy i

Create a revolution in your wardrobe - part two

In the second half of our tips on greening your wardrobe - to help you clean up your clothing inspired by our Detox campaign - we look at saying no to child...
Posted by louise - 9 August, 2011 - 14:58
Daily workers at a denim washing factory in Xintang, China, search wastewater fo

Create a revolution in your wardrobe - part one

Has our Detox campaign made you think about your clothes and their hidden consequences? You may already heart second hand, throwaway fashion makes you ill, and...
Posted by louise - 2 August, 2011 - 17:01
Activists in Bangkok streaked for an international action of over 600 people in

Puma leaps ahead of Nike and Adidas in Detox Challenge

By Eoin from our International office:  Hats off to Puma, the third largest sportswear company in the world, for publicly committing today to eliminate...
Posted by Gemma Freeman - 27 July, 2011 - 11:38
Greenpeace protestors bring attention to pipes pumping toxics into China's river

From China's Toxics team: Fishing Near An Emissions Pipe

Sean of our East Asia Action and Investigations Unit in China, blogs on how toxic pollution from China's textile industry is destroying local lives - from his...
Posted by Gemma Freeman - 19 July, 2011 - 09:56
Zhong Yu during the clean-up of the Dalian oil spill

From our China team: how to lose a foot on fieldwork

Zhong Yu has worked for Greenpeace in China for over seven years and has witnessed some of the most devastating environmental disasters there from rapid...
Posted by louise - 14 July, 2011 - 10:52

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