HIDDEN IN THE FABRIC // the danger no one is talking about

TOXIC TEXTILES // 5 hidden sources of microplastic in your home and a massive blindspot when talking about clothing and fabrics: THE DYE and what we can do to avoid household toxins. This video is made in collaboration with Aizome: https://aizome-textiles.com/ Sources and further reading: • Alarming levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found in water near Bangladesh garment factories, https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/29/alarming-levels-of-forever-chemicals-found-in-water-near-bangladesh-garment-factories • Alder BioInsights. Sustainability of Synthetic and Natural Textile Dyes, https://www.alderbioinsights.co.uk/news-and-insights/insights/sustainability-of-synthetic-and-natural-textile-dyes • Azo dyes in clothing textiles can be cleaved into a series of mutagenic aromatic amines which are not regulated yet, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273230017301812 • Azo Dyes, https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/azo-dye • Bangladesh’s sprawling textile industry is spewing toxic wastewater into its rivers, https://scroll.in/article/1041793/bangladeshs-sprawling-textile-industry-is-spewing-toxic-wastewater-into-its-rivers • Effects of textile dyes on health and the environment and bioremediation potential of living organisms, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452072119300413 • MDPI (2022). Microplastics in Textiles: Production, Release, and Impact. • Phys.org (2025). Laundry Reveals Overlooked Source of Microplastic Pollution. • Relationship between Textile Microplastics Shedding and Fabric Structure, https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/14/23/5309 • River Blue Documentary, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=747kbvLHM0Y • The Plastic Detox (Netflix documentary), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esd8PEWlt9w • Water resources contamination and health hazards by textile industry effluent and glance at treatment techniques: A review, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949750723000305 • WIRED. Aizome Natural Dye Bed Sheets and the Problem with Synthetic Dyes, https://www.wired.com/story/aizome-natural-dyes-bed-sheets/ 🌴🌿 Support my Patreon and find exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/Gittemary ORDER MY BOOK, SUSTAINABLE BADASS, HERE: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sustainable-badass-gittemarie-johansen/1140199307 BUY THE DANISH BOOK, BÆREDYGTIG BADASS, HERE:https://muusmann-forlag.dk/baeredygtig-badass/ BUY MY DANISH COOKBOOK, BÆREDYGTIG GOURMET, HERE: https://muusmann-forlag.dk/baeredygtig-gourmet/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🌿MY BOOK (ENG): https://mango.bz/books/sustainable-badass-by-gittemarie-johansen-2150-b 🌿MY BOOK (DK) - https://muusmann-forlag.dk/baeredygtig-badass/ 🌿MY BLOG - http://www.gittemary.com/ 🌿INSTA - http://www.instagram.com/Gittemary 🌿FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/Gittemary 🌿 MY ONLINE SUSTAINABILITY COURSE: https://ioa.pxf.io/c/2607789/955476/12764 For business contacts and miscellaneous awesomeness: Gittemary@outlook.dk