Slow Textiles to launch the Slow Design School in 2012

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Slow School Pdf

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Death by Textiles

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Garment factories, leather tanneries and dyeing units are all listed on this map of industrial poisoning in India.

The resultant health effects include cancer, asthma, lung damage, kidney damage, mental retardation, impotency  and birth defects.

In Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), at least one member of every family has bone deformities. As Paul John, Snehlata Shrivaastav, Balwant Garg, Vaivasvat Vankat, Saira Kurup, Faiz Rahman Siddiqui and Parakram Rautela write in their informative article ‘Are We Poisoning Ourselves?’ in The Times of India (9th January 2011), “the bone deformity is caused by the fluoride discharged by the tanneries clustered in the area. Many of the villagers find it difficult even to stand up straight…Dr A S Prasad says regular consumption of fluoride-contaminated water can affect both nerves and bones.”

For all full version of the article go to TOI: Are we poisoning ourselves: January 09, 2011 | Cancer | Newspaper Articles | www.karmayog.org

Future Scenarios for Synthetic Fibres, Fabrics and Materials

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Members of the Slow Textiles Group, the V&A Conservation Department, the Museum of Design in Plastics, Pli Design, Cohda Design and key academics in Polymer Technology join together at the Arts University College Bournemouth on 
May 18th 2011 
to discuss

Futureproof Plastics, 
future scenarios for polymer technologies in 
design, innovation and sustainability.
You are warmly invited  to attend this exciting event and join the dialogue on the future of polymer innovation in sustainable fashion, textiles, product and biomimetic design. 
The event is free of charge.
Details here. Book your free place by emailing Susan Lambert at the Museum of Design in Plastics,
slambert@aucb.ac.uk