Environ Health December 2018 PMID 30591057

The global environmental injustice of fast fashion.

Rachel Bick, Erika Halsey, Christine C Ekenga

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147
Peak: 17 in Feb 2020
across 5 sources since Jan 2019

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What people are saying

The overall discussions emphasize the environmental and social injustices caused by fast fashion, as seen in references to water pollution, toxic substances, and landfill waste, with language that underscores urgency and collective responsibility, such as 'global injustice' and 'damage done by fast fashion.' The tone and examples reflect a deep concern, a desire for change, and recognition of the article’s potential influence.

AgreementStrong agreement

Most discussions agree that fast fashion is a major environmental injustice, emphasizing its negative impacts and supporting calls for change.

InterestHigh interest

Posts demonstrate high interest by exploring detailed issues such as water pollution, toxic chemicals, and social injustices, often referencing research and data.

EngagementHigh engagement

Many discussions involve referencing studies, sharing statistics, and calling for activism, indicating deep engagement with the topic.

ImpactHigh impact

The posts reflect a strong belief that the article and discussions can inspire consumer awareness and policy action, highlighting the significance of addressing fast fashion’s harms.

Abstract in brief

  • Fast fashion makes clothing cheaper and more accessible, leading to increased consumption and waste.
  • The production process involves significant environmental and human health risks, such as water pollution and poor working conditions, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
  • Addressing these issues requires coordinated efforts by industry, policymakers, consumers, and scientists to promote sustainable and ethical practices globally.

Top posts

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ScientistsForXR @scientistsx.bsky.social
@ScientistsX · X

From the growth of water-intensive cotton, to the release of untreated dyes into water sources, to worker’s low wages and poor working conditions; fast fashion has huge environmental and social costs Boycott #FastFashion #FashionActNow #ReimaginingFashion https://t.co/aTHjPkqCQc

Feb 15, 2020 · 39 likes · 17 shares · 21,813 followers View post →
seoksh
@JJJLUVR · X

If this isn't enough to convince how self-destructing fast fashion is, because of our individual efforts that indirectly support consumerism and capitalistic tactics, then I don't know what will. The global environmental injustice of fast fashion https://t.co/KWvcaiEko2

May 6, 2022 · 11 likes · 13 shares · 253 followers View post →
The Story of Stuff Project
@storyofstuff · X

https://t.co/ZFSEbetbQb

Nov 23, 2021 · 5 likes · 1 share · 49,250 followers View post →
Marshal Chaifetz
@marshalchaifetz · X

@davenewworld_2 There's a ton of really good research about the damage done by fast fashion. https://t.co/4I19sksBj7

Jun 28, 2022 · 2 likes · 1 share · 432 followers View post →
Trans-India Challenge
@TransIndiaChal · X

Global environmental & Social impact of fast fashion - powerful article in ETRetail https://t.co/6fjWhd3D5e on Environmental Health report https://t.co/iaqyK5vkwv Goonj & Trans-India Challenge setting out to change the balance. @BioMedCentral @ETRetail @goonj #TransIndiaChallenge

Jan 16, 2019 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 318 followers View post →
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@zeolyne_ · X

@CynthiaIgobah The analogy is wrong yup but fake clothings can take people lives when chemicals like lead & arsenic etc are involved in production. https://t.co/qFEeIU7pbS

Dec 18, 2023 · 1 like · 1 share · 2,842 followers View post →

All mentions

The Environmental Impact of Fast Fashion

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Lucid Seams · Jan 26, 2020 858 views

The Environmental Impact of Fast Fashion

Fast fashion poses significant threats to the environment, driving us toward an ecological disaster. This video discusses the unsustainable practices of the fashion industry and their global implications, highlighting…

Mohammed Taiebi · May 9, 2020 705 views

The Environmental Impact of Fast Fashion

This video explores the global environmental injustices caused by fast fashion. It delves into the research highlighting the significant negative effects of the fashion industry on our planet, focusing on sustainability…

Emily Jacobs · May 19, 2019 41 views

Global Environmental Injustice of Fast Fashion

This video explores the global environmental injustice of fast fashion, highlighting key references including studies on its impact on environmental health and sustainability. Discover the implications of fast fashion…

Natalia Valdez · Sep 29, 2025 3 views
Fidel Agagle, MD
@AgagleFidel · X

Given the recent surge in demand for inexpensive clothing, fast fashion does not receive the necessary attention. I agree with other scholars who consider it a global environmental injustice issue, and if countries purposely work towards SDG 12, ……1/2 https://t.co/EHnEs0wApf

Jul 23, 2025 · 85 followers View post →
Andrew Yockey, PhD (He/Him)
@YockeyAndrew · X

https://t.co/nPc7jDd0JE Just one example of how popular clothing is ruining several aspects of our environment.

Mar 3, 2024 · 1,212 followers View post →
Vanaja K
@kezhekedath_vj · X

@njamallu @uppusoda @RNTata2000 Here is another little more academic one from a neo-classical economics perspective https://t.co/Wnof8BZqNB

Mar 3, 2024 · 291 followers View post →
Céline de Roany
@CelinedeRoany · X

@Johngirondins @Cobra_FX_ @Endymio82773232 C'est assez bien documenté https://t.co/OozwWrf0ce https://t.co/ZTEEZZ5aQx

Feb 14, 2024 · 2,730 followers View post →
usanga.31
@andikanusanga · X

RT @zeolyne_: @CynthiaIgobah The analogy is wrong yup but fake clothings can take people lives when chemicals like lead & arsenic etc are i…

Dec 18, 2023 · 1 share · 1,350 followers View post →
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@zeolyne_ · X

@CynthiaIgobah The analogy is wrong yup but fake clothings can take people lives when chemicals like lead & arsenic etc are involved in production. https://t.co/qFEeIU7pbS

Dec 18, 2023 · 1 like · 1 share · 2,842 followers View post →
Isabella
@genzenvironment · X

Rachel Bick found that in the United States alone, “Approximately 85 % of the clothing Americans consume, nearly 3.8 billion pounds annually, is sent to landfills as solid waste, amounting to nearly 80 pounds per American per year”. (Bick et al.) https://t.co/JUdvwgCbJX

May 11, 2023 View post →
jblech.bsky.social
@j_blech · X

A thread w some sources that I used on the topic of "fast fashion" as part of a poll/discussion in a session yesterday to talk w students re the nebulous concept of ~credibility~: https://t.co/Y8Ri8Uk8fP https://t.co/IOvimvZcCb https://t.co/IfxluLnC14 https://t.co/QzCLLv0x2q

Nov 2, 2022 · 110 followers View post →
DFlindy
@FlindyD · X

RT @marshalchaifetz: @davenewworld_2 There's a ton of really good research about the damage done by fast fashion. https://t.co/4I19sksBj7

Jun 28, 2022 · 1 share · 12,018 followers View post →
Marshal Chaifetz
@marshalchaifetz · X

@davenewworld_2 There's a ton of really good research about the damage done by fast fashion. https://t.co/4I19sksBj7

Jun 28, 2022 · 2 likes · 1 share · 432 followers View post →
DrSSB
@SBellSouth1 · X

@Ginger_Zee Your thoughtful answers to questions about research and published studies: commendable. They increase understanding of this important issue. https://t.co/kergAsijKA

May 31, 2022 · 5,440 followers View post →
bestoes library
@bgclibrary · X

RT @JJJLUVR: If this isn't enough to convince how self-destructing fast fashion is, because of our individual efforts that indirectly suppo…

May 6, 2022 · 13 shares · 37 followers View post →
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@woozihanie · X

RT @JJJLUVR: If this isn't enough to convince how self-destructing fast fashion is, because of our individual efforts that indirectly suppo…

May 6, 2022 · 13 shares · 344 followers View post →
loui
@kookahoe · X

RT @JJJLUVR: If this isn't enough to convince how self-destructing fast fashion is, because of our individual efforts that indirectly suppo…

May 6, 2022 · 13 shares · 49 followers View post →
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@gcftgay · X

RT @JJJLUVR: If this isn't enough to convince how self-destructing fast fashion is, because of our individual efforts that indirectly suppo…

May 6, 2022 · 13 shares · 598 followers View post →
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@meaniemocha · X

RT @JJJLUVR: If this isn't enough to convince how self-destructing fast fashion is, because of our individual efforts that indirectly suppo…

May 6, 2022 · 13 shares · 1,984 followers View post →
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@taegitrolls · X

RT @JJJLUVR: If this isn't enough to convince how self-destructing fast fashion is, because of our individual efforts that indirectly suppo…

May 6, 2022 · 13 shares · 1,028 followers View post →
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@miyoonivers · X

RT @JJJLUVR: If this isn't enough to convince how self-destructing fast fashion is, because of our individual efforts that indirectly suppo…

May 6, 2022 · 13 shares · 100 followers View post →
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@miniejaginim · X

RT @JJJLUVR: If this isn't enough to convince how self-destructing fast fashion is, because of our individual efforts that indirectly suppo…

May 6, 2022 · 13 shares · 119 followers View post →
seoksh
@JJJLUVR · X

If this isn't enough to convince how self-destructing fast fashion is, because of our individual efforts that indirectly support consumerism and capitalistic tactics, then I don't know what will. The global environmental injustice of fast fashion https://t.co/KWvcaiEko2

May 6, 2022 · 11 likes · 13 shares · 253 followers View post →
Dirty Fashion List
@_DirtyFashion_ · X

RT @MEnvSust: Detailed and in-depth analysis of #FastFashion and its impact on global environmental justice. Covering a wide range of #Envi…

Apr 29, 2022 · 1 share · 2,639 followers View post →
MEnvSust
@MEnvSust · X

Detailed and in-depth analysis of #FastFashion and its impact on global environmental justice. Covering a wide range of #EnvironmentalJustice issues and providing us, the consumers, a way to tackle this issue. #HumanRights Read more at: https://t.co/5ZKGvELb1o https://t.co/aeq2454Jdc

Apr 29, 2022 · 1 share · 748 followers View post →
Kaffe_Takk
@Kaffe_Takk · X

RT @storyofstuff: https://t.co/ZFSEbetbQb

Nov 23, 2021 · 1 share · 1,943 followers View post →
The Story of Stuff Project
@storyofstuff · X

https://t.co/ZFSEbetbQb

Nov 23, 2021 · 5 likes · 1 share · 49,250 followers View post →
Harm Saeijs
@HarmSaeijs · X

RT @HarmSaeijs: @WSJ "Approximately 85 % of the clothing Americans consume, nearly 3.8 billion pounds annually, is sent to landfills as sol…

Oct 6, 2021 · 2,177 followers View post →
Harm Saeijs
@HarmSaeijs · X

@WSJ "Approximately 85 % of the clothing Americans consume, nearly 3.8 billion pounds annually, is sent to landfills as solid waste, amounting to nearly 80 pounds per American per year." You people, with your endless greed, should end and pay for your crimes. https://t.co/NXutf9yW5l

Oct 6, 2021 · 2,177 followers View post →
Mandy Un
@2m_c_u6 · X

#globalstudies150 I found more information on how fast-fashion has harshly impacted the environment around us: https://t.co/rq63URnb4d

May 16, 2021 · 1 like · 2 followers View post →
RAWD Art Project
@RAWDartproject · X

The global environmental #injustice of #fastfashion https://t.co/ssN4bS8bII

Apr 12, 2021 · 1 followers View post →
dehaulfastfashion
@dehaulfastfash1 · X

Source: https://t.co/VoycZ5j0hM

Mar 9, 2021 · 2 followers View post →
dehaulfastfashion
@dehaulfastfash1 · X

A THREAD ON THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE of FAST FASHION source: https://t.co/VoycZ5j0hM

Mar 7, 2021 · 2 followers View post →
Sara-Ann Zheng
@SaraAnnZheng1 · X

2. There is a microplastic, microfiber & toxic textile pollution problem as a result of poor practices and lax laws. This problem has started once American companies decided to outsource labor to LMICs in the 1990s https://t.co/olloLpGTbl

Mar 5, 2021 · 32 followers View post →
síofs
@LeeSiofra · X

SO. Clearly issues will arise. “From the growth of water-intensive cotton...to worker’s low wages & poor working conditions; the environmental & social costs involved...are widespread” (2018) I’ve linked this full text below https://t.co/c8ufvQUUR2

Dec 18, 2020 · 4 followers View post →
Vivek K. Singh
@Wiweck · X

RT @mikaaylaasar: The water pollution in Bangladesh by #fastfashion is an environmental injustice in which people of color from a developing country are disproportionately affected while those in industrial countries reap the benefits from cheap clothin… https://t.co/x75kyg1fZ1

Oct 21, 2020 · 4,633 followers View post →
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@noorkilani7 · X

2) A paper that explains the global environmental injustices of fast fashion !! Really informative and breaks down the main points that most people are uneducated about :) https://t.co/QZUO5UzDzB

May 9, 2020 · 205 followers View post →
Latest Fashion News
@girlymindcom · X

The global environmental injustice of fast fashion | Environmental Health | Full Text #woman ##labels #women #outfit https://t.co/nC3wtKzhL6

Apr 27, 2020 · 833 followers View post →
Animal Commando
@AnimalCommando · X

@Kattavernd The global environmental injustice of fast fashion Environmental Health: Fast fa https://t.co/iSyKU7snYf

Mar 14, 2020 · 289 followers View post →
LifeStyling
@LifeStyling3 · X

Did you know that the clothes from the fast fashion industry contain toxic substances such as heavy metals? These are very dangerous substances for our health and environment! Read this very interesting article: https://t.co/IA7gHKc1LJ #AgainstFastFashion #heavymetals #awareness https://t.co/THunoA4bGb

Mar 14, 2020 · 1 like · 164 followers View post →
Diana Lynn
@DianaLynn1031 · X

RT @ScientistsX: From the growth of water-intensive cotton, to the release of untreated dyes into water sources, to worker’s low wages and…

Feb 16, 2020 · 17 shares View post →
Katerina Liontou
@Kat_liontou · X

RT @ScientistsX: From the growth of water-intensive cotton, to the release of untreated dyes into water sources, to worker’s low wages and…

Feb 15, 2020 · 17 shares · 769 followers View post →
Extinction Rebellion Hammersmith & Fulham ⌛️
@XR_Hamm_Fulham · X

RT @ScientistsX: From the growth of water-intensive cotton, to the release of untreated dyes into water sources, to worker’s low wages and…

Feb 15, 2020 · 17 shares · 2,183 followers View post →
Pheromones
@pheromoneEvo · X

RT @ScientistsX: From the growth of water-intensive cotton, to the release of untreated dyes into water sources, to worker’s low wages and…

Feb 15, 2020 · 17 shares · 1,002 followers View post →
PermacultureScotland
@PermacultureSco · X

RT @ScientistsX: From the growth of water-intensive cotton, to the release of untreated dyes into water sources, to worker’s low wages and…

Feb 15, 2020 · 17 shares · 1,857 followers View post →
6HILLGROVE PR
@6HillgrovePR · X

RT @ScientistsX: From the growth of water-intensive cotton, to the release of untreated dyes into water sources, to worker’s low wages and…

Feb 15, 2020 · 17 shares · 10,984 followers View post →
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@XrDurham · X

RT @ScientistsX: From the growth of water-intensive cotton, to the release of untreated dyes into water sources, to worker’s low wages and…

Feb 15, 2020 · 17 shares · 575 followers View post →
Dirty Fashion List
@_DirtyFashion_ · X

RT @ScientistsX: From the growth of water-intensive cotton, to the release of untreated dyes into water sources, to worker’s low wages and…

Feb 15, 2020 · 17 shares · 2,639 followers View post →
Ahmad Elmadhoun
@orridge_anna · X

RT @ScientistsX: From the growth of water-intensive cotton, to the release of untreated dyes into water sources, to worker’s low wages and…

Feb 15, 2020 · 17 shares · 7,467 followers View post →
Orwellian_RU
@Orwellian_RU · X

RT @ScientistsX: From the growth of water-intensive cotton, to the release of untreated dyes into water sources, to worker’s low wages and…

Feb 15, 2020 · 17 shares · 442 followers View post →
Kathy Baillie
@kathy_baillie · X

RT @ScientistsX: From the growth of water-intensive cotton, to the release of untreated dyes into water sources, to worker’s low wages and…

Feb 15, 2020 · 17 shares · 745 followers View post →
victoria coursey
@nursevictoria11 · X

RT @ScientistsX: From the growth of water-intensive cotton, to the release of untreated dyes into water sources, to worker’s low wages and…

Feb 15, 2020 · 17 shares · 10,895 followers View post →
Nicolette
@Nico2lette · X

RT @ScientistsX: From the growth of water-intensive cotton, to the release of untreated dyes into water sources, to worker’s low wages and…

Feb 15, 2020 · 17 shares · 3,817 followers View post →
Extinction Rebellion London
@XRLondon · X

RT @ScientistsX: From the growth of water-intensive cotton, to the release of untreated dyes into water sources, to worker’s low wages and…

Feb 15, 2020 · 17 shares · 35,991 followers View post →
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@SueAuthor · X

RT @ScientistsX: From the growth of water-intensive cotton, to the release of untreated dyes into water sources, to worker’s low wages and…

Feb 15, 2020 · 17 shares · 3,482 followers View post →
XR Writers Rebel
@XrRebel · X

RT @ScientistsX: From the growth of water-intensive cotton, to the release of untreated dyes into water sources, to worker’s low wages and…

Feb 15, 2020 · 17 shares · 7,159 followers View post →
ScientistsForXR @scientistsx.bsky.social
@ScientistsX · X

From the growth of water-intensive cotton, to the release of untreated dyes into water sources, to worker’s low wages and poor working conditions; fast fashion has huge environmental and social costs Boycott #FastFashion #FashionActNow #ReimaginingFashion https://t.co/aTHjPkqCQc

Feb 15, 2020 · 39 likes · 17 shares · 21,813 followers View post →
Republica Media
@republicamedia · X

RT @TransIndiaChal: Global environmental & Social impact of fast fashion - powerful article in ETRetail https://t.co/6fjWhd3D5e on Environm…

Jan 16, 2019 · 2 shares · 247 followers View post →
David Campbell
@DocFilmGuy · X

RT @TransIndiaChal: Global environmental & Social impact of fast fashion - powerful article in ETRetail https://t.co/6fjWhd3D5e on Environm…

Jan 16, 2019 · 2 shares · 69 followers View post →
Trans-India Challenge
@TransIndiaChal · X

Global environmental & Social impact of fast fashion - powerful article in ETRetail https://t.co/6fjWhd3D5e on Environmental Health report https://t.co/iaqyK5vkwv Goonj & Trans-India Challenge setting out to change the balance. @BioMedCentral @ETRetail @goonj #TransIndiaChallenge

Jan 16, 2019 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 318 followers View post →
EDUPLEXiTY™
@eduplexity · X

The global environmental injustice of fast fashion https://t.co/fGx64dlVaw

Jan 10, 2019 · 1,023 followers View post →
EDUPLEXiTY™
@eduplexity · X

The global environmental injustice of fast fashion https://t.co/E303DbIp2f

Jan 10, 2019 · 1,023 followers View post →