WAKEFIELD – Progress to eliminate the use of huge amounts of commodity chemicals in textile production that come heavily contaminated with potentially hazardous substances, appears to have ground to a halt. But it would be wrong for the industry to sweep this important environmental issue under the carpet – even if there’s no immediate or obvious solution right now, argues John Mowbray.
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