Textile industrial pollution problem once again become a public focus.
July 13,, a from famous international environmental group greenpeace's latest survey report and many international brand scored a Chinese river pollution "black list", including Nike, adidas, li ning, 14 home international big shop sign.
July 20, morning, green peace organization project director LiYiFang accept the legal weekly newspaper reporter interviews that, through the sampling, found the international brand of foundry wastewater samples appeared perfluorochemicals (PFC), and the fluorine octylic acid (PFOA) and all the fluorine essien silane sulfonic acid (PFOS), these substances can interfere with the human body endocrine and reproductive system influence.
Nike, adidas reporter contact such matters, all say has interviewed for this event had response but refused to respond to the content of the further instructions.
"Fashion" behind the pollution
July 13,, green peace survey report issued by the poison of the fashionable clothing brand in China-the world of water pollution investigation ". The report says the group from many international brands in China supplier of wastewater discharge of poisonous and harmful substances detected. Among them, be sampling two factories, respectively is located in ningbo, zhejiang youngor (600177) textile industry and is located in zhongshan city in guangdong zhongshan cathay Pacific dyeing Co., LTD.
"In awareness health concept at the same time, Nike, adidas, li constructed, and other famous sports brand is colluding with polluters." July 20,, green peace pollution control project director LiYiFang reporters, "looking at the other end of the drain of these suppliers is, and will be of the body and the environment of harmful chemicals into the rivers of China."
Since last spring, green peace had several times to youngor textile industry and zhongshan city cathay Pacific dyeing Co., LTD have rows of wastewater by sampling, and the sample sent to Britain respectively of the university of Exeter green peace research laboratory and the Netherlands Omegam independent environmental analysis laboratory for testing. (legal weekly news hotline: 0731-84802117) LiYiFang told reporters, the results of the survey is not optimistic, and the main wastewater by sampling poisonous and harmful material for nonylphenols (NP), and the fluorine essien sulfonic acid (PFOS) and were all fluorine poignant (PFOA). These substances interference of biological endocrine, of the reproductive system toxic, and affect the immune system and liver.
The European Union, the United States and the relevant international conventions are already on the poisonous and harmful material controls. The Chinese government also in January 2011 will nonylphenols are included in the strict restrictions on the import and export of China's toxic chemicals catalogue.
Testing standards for
After the report, youngor textile industrial city in the first time issued a public statement, said the company's sewage discharge with international standards and national standards.
Youngor textile city also said, will have water samples taken to international authoritative environmental protection monitoring institutions Swiss SGS company monitoring, "by monitoring and no poisonous and harmful material existence".
14, cathay Pacific's official website published "special statement" says, the report and actual condition is not serious. The statement said the water, testing samples of water discharge; not cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific sewage discharge accord with national and international standard. And guangdong environmental officials in 14 when accepting a reporter to interview, was not found to cathay Pacific said sewage discharge of abnormalities.
15, Nike and adidas company officials accept media interviews to respond, agrees that the group, which is located in zhejiang to er and the two factories, which means ningbo youngor knitting underwear Co., LTD and ningbo youngor sportswear manufacturing Co., LTD. Have the cooperation, but the link just product cutting and assembling, no green peace organization has pointed out the use of chemical production processes, and are only daily life wastewater into wastewater treatment plant.
July 20,, reporters call Nike, adidas, LiNingSan home dress brand company, the three companies are said to the event has a response, but refused to respond to the content of the further instructions.
Li constructed the supplier management department staff YuXiaoHui to "the legal weekly newspaper reporters," our company currently established working group to deal with this, relevant situation in li ning's web site recently released ".
"Youngor has put the SGS inspection report to green peace, including PFOA in wastewater the concentrations of green peace than the value of the test report out even higher. At the same time, because of this kind of poisonous and harmful material durability and remain a biological, so even if the very low concentrations, also on the body and ecological environment caused by serious effect of the Chinese academy of sciences. New research has just recently confirmed that PFOA will increase the crowd. We cancer rates for the detection of er of think they have no problem this conclusion, questioned." This LiYiFang explained, youngor hire another test organization sgs-cstc company (SGS) do detection. (legal weekly news hotline: 0731-84802117) the test report, measure the value of pollutants PFOA (0.36 mg per litre) even greater than green peace report of the value (0.13-0.14 milligrams per liter); At the same time, PFOS and NP two values for was not detected.
And to be refers to the water pollution in another enterprise zhongshan cathay Pacific dyeing Co., LTD, guangdong environmental protection department issued a response, said the company did not find sewage discharge abnormalities.
To this, LiYiFang says, China's law of green peace in the report mentioned in the poisonous and harmful material and the use of emissions, at present does not specified, but nonylphenols (NP) have been included in the latest edition of the China's strict restrictions on the import and export of toxic chemical substances list of all of Michael essien, fluorine silane sulfonic acid (PFOS) in the persistent organic pollutants on the Stockholm convention is limited, China is also in one of the signatories.
A lawyer says environmental protection standards should be and the international community
Hunan and lawyer, said li in environment protection standard too low is undisputable fact, reflected in the pollution prevention supervision on emissions, also reflected in the behavior of the punishment after on pollution. The entire environmental standard system relative international standard obviously lagged and slack.
Li said, it might be in the development of local economy, especially the introduction of foreign capital, but on the whole social favorable long-term harmonious stability, it is evil not shallow. So he suggested national legislation should be strictly from the highlands to class environmental protection standards, perfect in source up radical similar "reaching the standard of PE" behavior of pollution, with international standards to protect our offspring.
Indicate the source "Chinese textile nets"
Edit: Emma