Stopping Dolce and Gabbana's Killer Jeans

by Meredith Slater · 2011-07-27 09:42:00 UTC
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The Situation
 Sandblasting, which gives jeans a 'worn' or used look, is known to kill workers in garments producing countries like Turkey and Bangladesh where jeans sandblasting is done manually.

When workers fire sand under high pressure at jeans, dust then enters the environment, exposing workers to silica, which causes silicosis in the lungs. Eventually, workers die because they cannot breathe properly anymore.

The Solution
 Dolce & Gabbana needs to follow in the footsteps of other brands including Versace, Levi's, H&M, C&A and Gucci and publicly ban sandblasting from their supply chain.

We just got Versace to ban sandblasting thanks to your hard work, so let's make Dolce & Gabbana next!

Your Role
 Leave a message on Dolce & Gabbana’s Facebook wall here and here asking them to ban sandblasting from their supply chain. Note that you’ll have to click “like” Dolce & Gabbana to comment, but you can unlike them after you post a message. You can write your own message or copy and paste this:

Killing workers isn’t sexy. Please ban sandblasting because there is no need for someone to die to make good looking jeans. http://www.change.org/petitions/dolce-gabbana-stop-the-killer-jeans

Finally, if you like getting involved in this type of action, you should sign up to be a Change.org Human Rights Hero. We’ll send you an email every now and then with an action designed to make one of the petitions here on Change.org have even greater impact. You can sign up to be a Human Rights Hero here.

Photo Credit: MJ/TR ('*w*)

Meredith Slater works as a fundraiser for organizations such as World Food Program USA and New York University.

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