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Oeko-Tex Standard 100
A voluntary labelling scheme for textiles that have been analysed for substances harmful to health, which can offer a form of ‘consumer guarentee’ Considered to be one of the certification and labelling leaders internationally. Used in the EU, the substances that Oeko-tex checks for and limits are:
pH
Formaldehyde
Heavy metals (As, Pb, Cd, Cr, Co, Cu, Ni, Hg)
Pesticides Chlorinated phenols
Dyestuffs (specific classifications)
Chlorinated organic carrier
Flame retardant finishes
Colour Fastness
Emission of volatiles
Odours
Openloop recycling
The conversion of material from one or more products into a new product, involving a change in the inherent properties of the material itself (often a degradation in quality). For example, recycling plastic bottles into plastic drainage pipes. Often called downcycling or reprocessing. <www.sustainabilitydictionary.com >
7.5.07 [online]
Optical Brighteners
A broad classification of many different synthetic chemicals that, when applied to clothing, convert UV light wavelengths to visible light, thus making laundered clothes appear "whiter." they simply trick the eye. Optical brighteners do not readily biodegrade.biodegrade. They are toxic to fish when washed into the general environment and can create bacterial mutations. They can cause allergic reaction when in contact with skin that is then exposed to sunlight.
Found in: Conventional laundry detergents. www.seventhgen.com
Organic
‘Thought by EW to be imprecise, and often also used to describe products that echo the form of the natural world, which is not the same as designing to protect.However, the soil association uses the term to denote a highly regulated transition to environmentally integrated farming and production methods, and lends its seal to products which are tested rigourously and found to conform to these standards. Organic Cotton is now recognised by the consumer for its greater environmental integrity, so the understanding of this term has changed.
Organic Leather
POMP-IUV is the first company to have an organic soil association seal of approval. They use a special wet gold organic tanning process. They believe in using only the skins and fur which is the byproductby-product of the meat industry. (PSFK global trends website)
Organic Solvents
Not to be confused with the benign organic movement in agriculture. Used in all purpose cleaners. A category of solvents and grease-cutters of mostly synthetic origin (organic(organic in this instance refers to their petroleum origins). All chemicals in
this category are generally neurotoxins and nervous system depressants, especially if contacted in sufficient quantity. (www.seventhgen.com)
Organic Phosphorous Insecticides
Examples include Malathion and Parathion. They are based on carbon atoms, the indispensible building blocks of the living world, which is why they are called organic. However they are manipulated in such a way as to effectively deliver
extremely toxic methods of death to living organisms. Even in minute doses, they are stored in fat cells and in the liver, and can combine with other toxic agents which have been engineered to be carried on the carbon atom structure into living tissue. Accumalations cause mutations, are carcenegenic, cause birth deffects and attack the nervous system to destroy the delicately balanced mechanism of living creatures. ( Carson R Silent Spring 1962, pub penguin. p34)
See Carbon atoms
Organophosphates (OPs) are a group of synthetic chemical compounds, composed of variable mixtures of phosphorus, carbon, and hydrogen. Used in sheep dips as insecticides, and in thousands of licensed pesticides. They act as
cholinesterase inhibitors (chemicals that disrupt neuromuscular transmission), and as such were also developed as neurotoxins during the Second World War. Sarin - the poison gas released by Aum Shinrikyo cultists in 1995 onto the Tokyo underground - is the most well-known organophosphate-based chemical weapon.
Organophosphate pesticides account for 38 per cent of all pesticides in use globally and 26 per cent used in Europe (Source: All Party Parliamentary OP Group Briefing, 2004) Pesticide Action Network UK claims that of the 100,000 people who have worked in sheep farming since 1976, by 1998, 1,000 of these have been made ill by exposure to organophosphate sheep dips (Source: PAN UK, 1998 press release) The use of pesticides prevents the lanolin from fleece being reclaimed despite being a valuable natural skin cream because of contamination.
Ozone (depletion, hole, layer)
Ozone in the upper atmosphere protects living organisms by preventing damaging ultraviolet light from reaching the Earth's surface. It is present in low concentrations throughout the Earth's atmosphere (wik).
A voluntary labelling scheme for textiles that have been analysed for substances harmful to health, which can offer a form of ‘consumer guarentee’ Considered to be one of the certification and labelling leaders internationally. Used in the EU, the substances that Oeko-tex checks for and limits are:
pH
Formaldehyde
Heavy metals (As, Pb, Cd, Cr, Co, Cu, Ni, Hg)
Pesticides Chlorinated phenols
Dyestuffs (specific classifications)
Chlorinated organic carrier
Flame retardant finishes
Colour Fastness
Emission of volatiles
Odours
Openloop recycling
The conversion of material from one or more products into a new product, involving a change in the inherent properties of the material itself (often a degradation in quality). For example, recycling plastic bottles into plastic drainage pipes. Often called downcycling or reprocessing. <www.sustainabilitydictionary.com >
7.5.07 [online]
Optical Brighteners
A broad classification of many different synthetic chemicals that, when applied to clothing, convert UV light wavelengths to visible light, thus making laundered clothes appear "whiter." they simply trick the eye. Optical brighteners do not readily biodegrade.biodegrade. They are toxic to fish when washed into the general environment and can create bacterial mutations. They can cause allergic reaction when in contact with skin that is then exposed to sunlight.
Found in: Conventional laundry detergents. www.seventhgen.com
Organic
‘Thought by EW to be imprecise, and often also used to describe products that echo the form of the natural world, which is not the same as designing to protect.However, the soil association uses the term to denote a highly regulated transition to environmentally integrated farming and production methods, and lends its seal to products which are tested rigourously and found to conform to these standards. Organic Cotton is now recognised by the consumer for its greater environmental integrity, so the understanding of this term has changed.
Organic Leather
POMP-IUV is the first company to have an organic soil association seal of approval. They use a special wet gold organic tanning process. They believe in using only the skins and fur which is the byproductby-product of the meat industry. (PSFK global trends website)
Organic Solvents
Not to be confused with the benign organic movement in agriculture. Used in all purpose cleaners. A category of solvents and grease-cutters of mostly synthetic origin (organic(organic in this instance refers to their petroleum origins). All chemicals in
this category are generally neurotoxins and nervous system depressants, especially if contacted in sufficient quantity. (www.seventhgen.com)
Organic Phosphorous Insecticides
Examples include Malathion and Parathion. They are based on carbon atoms, the indispensible building blocks of the living world, which is why they are called organic. However they are manipulated in such a way as to effectively deliver
extremely toxic methods of death to living organisms. Even in minute doses, they are stored in fat cells and in the liver, and can combine with other toxic agents which have been engineered to be carried on the carbon atom structure into living tissue. Accumalations cause mutations, are carcenegenic, cause birth deffects and attack the nervous system to destroy the delicately balanced mechanism of living creatures. ( Carson R Silent Spring 1962, pub penguin. p34)
See Carbon atoms
Organophosphates (OPs) are a group of synthetic chemical compounds, composed of variable mixtures of phosphorus, carbon, and hydrogen. Used in sheep dips as insecticides, and in thousands of licensed pesticides. They act as
cholinesterase inhibitors (chemicals that disrupt neuromuscular transmission), and as such were also developed as neurotoxins during the Second World War. Sarin - the poison gas released by Aum Shinrikyo cultists in 1995 onto the Tokyo underground - is the most well-known organophosphate-based chemical weapon.
Organophosphate pesticides account for 38 per cent of all pesticides in use globally and 26 per cent used in Europe (Source: All Party Parliamentary OP Group Briefing, 2004) Pesticide Action Network UK claims that of the 100,000 people who have worked in sheep farming since 1976, by 1998, 1,000 of these have been made ill by exposure to organophosphate sheep dips (Source: PAN UK, 1998 press release) The use of pesticides prevents the lanolin from fleece being reclaimed despite being a valuable natural skin cream because of contamination.
Ozone (depletion, hole, layer)
Ozone in the upper atmosphere protects living organisms by preventing damaging ultraviolet light from reaching the Earth's surface. It is present in low concentrations throughout the Earth's atmosphere (wik).
