Leather Leather Production Effects on the Environment Harmful Chemicals Animal Cruelty PETA Alternatives Effects on the Environment Threat to waterways Top polluters Residents and workers sufferdie from cancer causing chemicals ID: 329735
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By Andrea Ritter
LeatherSlide2
Leather Production
Effects on the Environment
Harmful Chemicals
Animal Cruelty
PETA
AlternativesSlide3
Effects on the Environment
Threat to waterways
Top polluters
Residents and workers suffer/die from cancer causing chemicalsSlide4
Harmful Chemicals
Chromium
Arsenic chemicals
Cyanide
Formaldahyde
Centers for Disease Control conducted studies showing that people who live near or work on tanneries have higher cancer rates and more incidents of leukemiaSlide5
Animal Cruelty
The leather industry slaughters over a billion animals per year
Kept in confinement
Deprived of food, water, and shelter
Neglected
Tail docked, dehorned, treated very
cruely
SlaughteredSlide6
Other Examples of Animal Cruelty
Kangaroo are decapitated to make soccer shoes
Alligators, lizards, and snakes are skinned alive
Kid goats are being boiled alive to make a pair of gloves
Tannery
in Asia
kills
2
million
dogs
and
cats
for
the
production
of
baby
shoes
Tens of millions of cows are stunned, hung upside-down, bled to death, and skinned in slaughterhousesSlide7
PETA
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
An organization dedicated to defending the rights of all animals
Boycotts to spread the word of animal cruelty
Help save animalsSlide8
Alternatives
Decrease the demand and don’t buy leather
Synthetic leather
Pleather
Chlorenal
, the new leather
When shopping, think twice, Is it worth it?
Companies against using authentic leather in their products:
Liz Claiborne, Sam & Libby, Steve Madden, Nike, and discount stores Slide9
Resources
Newkirk, Ingrid. "Leather: No Friend of the Earth". PETA. 29 Nov. 2008
http://www.peta.org/
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Newkirk, Ingrid. "Wool, Fur, and Leather: Hazardous to the Environment". PETA. 29 Nov. 2008
http://www.peta.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=146&pf=true
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Freudenberg, Carl. "The Process of Leather Making". Freudenberg. 29 Nov. 2008 <http://www.euroleather.com/process.htm>.
Schwartz, Aaron. "Introduction to Leather". International Council of Tanners. 29 Nov. 2008
http://www.tannerscouncilict.org/introtoleather.htm
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Friedrich, Bruce. "Leather: Dead Skin, Environmental Nightmare". Common Dreams. 29 Nov. 2008 <http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/30/863>.