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To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back

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Alden Wicker
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Alden Wicker
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Release Date
June 27, 2023
Duration
7 hours 27 minutes
Summary
A Silent Spring for your wardrobe, To Dye For is a jolting exposé that reveals the true cost of the toxic, largely unregulated chemicals found on most clothing today.

Many of us are aware of the ethical minefield that is fast fashion: the dodgy labor practices, the lax environmental standards, and the mountains of waste piling up on the shores of developing countries. But have you stopped to consider the dangerous effects your clothes are having on your own health? Award-winning journalist Alden Wicker breaks open a story hiding in plain sight: the unregulated toxic chemicals that are likely in your wardrobe right now, how they’re harming you, and what you can do about it.

In To Dye For, Wicker reveals how clothing manufacturers have successfully swept consumers’ concerns under the rug for more than 150 years, and why synthetic fashion and dyes made from fossil fuels are so deeply intertwined with the rise of autoimmune disease, infertility, asthma, eczema, and more. In fact, there’s little to no regulation of the clothes and textiles we wear each day—from uniforms to fast fashion, outdoor gear, and even the face masks that have become ubiquitous in recent years. Wicker explains how we got here, what the stakes are, and what all of us can do in the fight for a safe and healthy wardrobe for all.
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Profile Avatar Kilgore T. Jan 2025

Probably a 4.5 honestly but I can't do half ratings it seems. Genuinely both very thorough and easy to follow/digest at the pace it sets. I found the opening of the author begging a traumatized woman for an interview and then immediately saying it was actually fine and she didn't need it to be, frankly, ghoulish in a way that felt like a parody of journalistic opportunism. But in terms of value of information the rest of the book holds up.

To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back

To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back

Author: Alden Wicker
Read by: Alden Wicker
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