Fast fashion is fast polluting Africa’s rivers, but doing little about it: report

In Lesotho, WWI found a river polluted with blue dye, while in Tanzania a water source had a pH the same as bleach

17 August 2021 - 19:56 By Emma Rumney

Global fast fashion brands are helping drive pollution that has dyed African rivers blue or turned their waters as alkaline as bleach, according to a report published on Tuesday...

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