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How bad is fashion for the environment?

Does fashion really account for 10% of greenhouse gas emissions? We fact check claims made about the clothing and textile industries.

Is fashion really the second most polluting industry after oil and does it account for 10% of greenhouse gas emissions? Sustainable fashion journalist Alden Wicker does some fashion fact checking with Adam Fleming, presenter of 91福利社 podcast and Radio 4 programme Antisocial. And reporter Charlotte McDonald revisits a claim made in an edition of More or Less last month about the effectiveness of using condoms as a form of contraception.

Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Jon Bithrey
Editor: Richard Vadon
Production Coordinator: Jacqui Johnson
Sound Engineer: Rod Farquhar

(Image: Models display outfits / 91福利社 images/Susana Vera/Reuters)

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