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Raising animals for food and leather requires large amounts of feed, grassland, water and fossil fuels. Animals on industrial farms produce 130 times more excrement than the entire human population, without the benefit of waste treatment plants. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has even recognized that contamination of livestock is the greatest threat to our waterways. Although some leather manufacturers mislead their products as "environmentally friendly", turning leather into leather also requires large amounts of energy and hazardous chemicals, including mineral salts, formaldehyde, coal tar derivatives and various oils, dyes and Finished products. The cyanide base. Most of the leather produced in the United States is chrome-tanned; All wastes containing chromium are considered hazardous by the EPA. The tanning effluent contains large amounts of contaminants, such as salt, lime sludge, sulfides and acids. The tanning process stabilizes the collagen or protein fibers in the skins so that they actually stop biodegradation - otherwise the leather will rot to the right of the feet.
People who work and live near tanneries also suffer. Many die from cancer possibly caused by exposure to the toxic chemicals used to process and dye the leather. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the incidence of leukemia among residents in an area near a tannery in Kentucky was five times the United States average.
Arsenic, a common chemical for tannery, has long been associated with lung cancer in workers who are exposed to it regularly. Studies of leather tanning workers in Sweden and Italy found cancer risks "between 20% and 50% higher than expected".
In addition, raising animals whose skin eventually turns into leather requires large amounts of water and extensive tracts of grassland, which must be cleared from trees. Runoff from feedlots and dairy farms also creates a major source of water pollution. Enormous amounts of fossil fuels are also consumed in livestock production; By contrast, plastic garments represent only a fraction of the oil used in the US.
The production of leather damages the animals, the environment and the workers who manufacture it. The only ones who benefit are the people who benefit from the misery and suffering of others.
