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GreenPeace - The world needs more champions: The Detox Challenge
By Green Peace:
Nike and Adidas are playing with toxic polluters in China and we need your help to lay down a new challenge for them today - the Detox Challenge.
During recent investigations, we identified several major international clothing brands, including the sports giants Adidas and Nike, supplied by factories in China that are releasing toxic chemicals into major rivers.
Clean freshwater is one of our most precious and most threatened natural resources. In China as much as 70 percent of rivers, lakes and reservoirs are polluted. Many chemicals released from textile factories threaten human health and the environment. Some of these chemicals can cause cancer while others may disrupt hormone systems. And they don't break down in the environment but build up in the bodies of animals and contaminate human food chains.
Like any of the champion athletes and superstars sponsored by Nike and Adidas - who at times have stumbled, suffered setbacks and faced difficult decisions - these companies now have a choice. They can see this challenge as an obstacle and try to ignore it - or they can use it as an opportunity to come back stronger than ever before, and work with their all of their suppliers to eliminate the release of toxic chemicals into our water. Nike and adidas are in the best position to score a major goal against hazardous water pollution. Who do you think will rise to the challenge?
GO ALL IN: Watch the video, share it with your friends and tell us which company you think will step up to the Detox Challenge. JUST DO IT! Thanks for your support! The Greenpeace Detox Team
It would be a brilliant way for them to increase their popularity of products - if they detox!!! Eco ideas are very popular and many people respect those, who respect people, their health and nature.
