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Air pollution hurts children the most

Blog entry by Arin de Hoog | 4 October, 2017

The World Health Organisation declared that air pollution is one of the greatest public health challenges the world is facing right now. To understand where air pollution comes from, Greenpeace has conducted independent air...

Greenpeace calls on new Japan PM to delay school start for Fukushima kids

Press release | 29 August, 2011 at 4:14

Tokyo, August 29, 2011 – Greenpeace today called on the Japan’s incoming Prime Minister to delay the September 1st opening of schools in Fukushima City, after a Greenpeace radiation monitoring team found dose rates exceeding international safety...

Burberry commits to toxic-free fashion

Press release | 28 January, 2014 at 23:00

London, 28 January 2014 - British luxury brand Burberry today made a commitment to eliminate the use of hazardous chemicals from its supply chain by 1 January 2020 [1].

Burberry: Detoxing is not just a fashion fad

Blog entry by JulietteH | 21 January, 2014

UPDATE 29 January: Fantastic news! Burberry has now commited to #Detox by 2020! Thank you for joining the campaign and helping make this happen! If "Detox" was on your list of New Year's Resolutions, but you already found...

Telling a Detox Fairy Tale

Blog entry by Ilze Smit | 17 January, 2014

Earlier this week Greenpeace launched the latest chapter of the Detox campaign for toxic-free fashion, revealing how hazardous Little Monsters are lurking in all kinds of kid's clothes - from luxury to budget - and calling on big...

A Little Story about the Monsters in your Closet

Blog entry by Nadia Haiama | 14 January, 2014

Today we told the world a story, a story about the Little Monsters in children's clothes and shoes. As the mother of a young daughter this is one story I had to read and one that revealed a shocking truth about the clothes we buy for...

A little story about a fashionable lie

Blog entry by Chiara Campione | 17 February, 2014 7 comments

When I was a child my mother used to tell me stories before going to bed. One of my favourites was “the Emperor’s New Clothes”, a tale of truth, lies and fashion. Today I want to tell you another little story this time about the...

They want you to think the Fukushima nuclear disaster is over. But it’s still with us.

Blog entry by Yuko Yoneda | 10 March, 2017 1 comment

Six years ago, over 15,000 people perished and tens of thousands of people's lives changed forever. Northeastern Japan was hit by a massive earthquake, followed by an enormous tsunami that wiped out coastal towns one after another.

Greenpeace hopes to make air clean in World Cup cities

Blog entry by Richard Cassons | 31 October, 2017

As football fans already know, next year is the World Cup. And this time, it’s Russia’s turn to host the world’s most popular sporting event.  With the countdown now underway to the opening match, Greenpeace supporters asked us to...

New study finds toxic monsters lurking in children’s clothing

Press release | 14 January, 2014 at 8:44

Beijing, 14 January 2014 – Hazardous chemicals have been found in children’s clothes and shoes made by major brands including Disney, Burberry and adidas, according to a new investigation released today by Greenpeace East Asia [1].

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