Wearing dioxin ?

We want everything white. White rice, white bread, white sugar...
We demand whiter skin, whiter papers, whiter shirts... Now,
find out what it takes to be white.

We use chemicals to bleach our food, our hair our teeth and even our skin.
More hazardous ones are used to bleach our paper,
clothes, baby diapers and sanitary products, just to please our eyes.

The whitening process for paper pulp for instance,
involve chlorine bleaching, an industrial chemicals into our environment,
including one of the most toxic chemicals on Earth–Dioxin.

Dioxin is a potent cancer-causing agent.
It is estimated that 100-1,400 cancer deaths in the
US occurring daily are attributable to dioxin. In addition to cancer,
exposure to dioxin can also cause severe reproductive and
developmental problems such as birth defects, inability to maintain pregnancy,
decreased fertility, reduced sperm counts, endometriosis and learning disabilities.
Dioxin is also well-know for its ability to damage our immune
system and interfere with our hormonal systems.

Paper pulp is used to produce paper and sanitary products
which are often chlorine bleached. Tons of these products are
being produced and disposed everyday. Some of the residues are flushed out to the sea,
some are incinerated or deposited in landfill sites,
and continue to release dioxin to our environment.
Dioxin can be absorbed or consumed by plants, animals and marine life,
which ten contaminate our food chain.

Stop bleaching! Choose unbleached, eco-friendly paper.
Use handkerchief instead of paper towel.
Use chlorine-free sanitary products or organic tampon,
and wear cloths made of organic cotton.

Over 96% of our dioxin exposure comes from eating meat, dairy products,
eggs and fishes. Dioxin particles from incinerators and industrial plants
travel far and wide, eventually settling and contaminating our soil, water and plants.
Because it does not break down easily,
over time it accumulates in the environment and is eaten and
stored in the fatty tissue of animals and then ended up in human body.

Stop tissue paper. Tissue products make u a large portion of the paper products industry.
Beside bleaching, tissue paper is often added with synthetic fragrance.

Unlike printed paper that can be recycled, tissue paper can only be used once.
Start today by saying NO to tissue paper and use the eco-friendly cotton handkerchief.