Professor Javier Sardina was the keynote speaker at VI Ekoteks International Symposium 'Musts in Healthy Textiles', which was held in Istambul, May 8, 2013. His presentation was entitled "Information and Knowledge Gaps In The Textile Value Chain: What you don’t know can harm your garments".
Prof. Sardina presented the current situation on chemistry-related health issues in the fashion industry. He also explained how Ready-to-wear fashion control has now shifted from quality (technology) to health (chemistry), and reported on current problems, and their solutions, about the adequate transfer of chemical information along the textile value chain and its impact on the consumers.
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