Campaigners target sandblasted jeans on health grounds
Campaigners target sandblasted jeans on health grounds
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6362209,00.html "Campaigners are eager to put an end to the practice of sandblasting jeans because of a link with the disease silicosis. In Turkey, where the practice is now banned, thousands of ex-workers are thought to be suffering."
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