Posts Tagged ‘clothing’
The True Cost of a Shirt
November 18th, 2007 • Economics
Tags: clothing, human cost, shirt, sweatshop
Those cheap shirts from Dimmey’s aren’t reflecting the human cost of manufacturing. Linda Sones takes a look at what goes into that shirt, everything from children working pesticides on Indian cotton farms to garment workers in appalling conditions for little pay. It makes you realise why the extra dollars are worth it for no sweat stuff.
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