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Leather

Leather. By Andrea Ritter. Leather Production. Effects on the Environment Harmful Chemicals Animal Cruelty PETA Alternatives. Effects on the Environment. Threat to waterways Top polluters Residents and workers suffer/die from cancer causing chemicals. Harmful Chemicals. Chromium

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Leather

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  1. Leather By Andrea Ritter

  2. Leather Production • Effects on the Environment • Harmful Chemicals • Animal Cruelty • PETA • Alternatives

  3. Effects on the Environment • Threat to waterways • Top polluters • Residents and workers suffer/die from cancer causing chemicals

  4. 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 leukemia

  5. 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 • Slaughtered

  6. 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 milliondogs and catsfortheproduction of babyshoes • Tens of millions of cows are stunned, hung upside-down, bled to death, and skinned in slaughterhouses

  7. 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 animals

  8. 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

  9. Resources • Newkirk, Ingrid. "Leather: No Friend of the Earth". PETA. 29 Nov. 2008 • http://www.peta.org/. • 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. • 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. • Friedrich, Bruce. "Leather: Dead Skin, Environmental Nightmare". Common Dreams. 29 Nov. 2008 <http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/30/863>.

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