100% Baumwolle: Made in India

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Cotton is one of the most diffused textiles for producing materials, especially those used for garments in contact with the skin. During production cotton is treated with poisons and pesticides, some of which are the same ones used in the production of chemical weapons. Banned in Europe, they are still largely popular in India, diffused and promoted by companies of the likes of Bayer so much so they represent the first cause of death for cotton growers. Many are the farmers committing suicide for ran up debts, still the majority die intoxicated by pesticide remnants which also stick to the clothes us European consumers wear every day and which penetrate into our system absorbed by the skin.

International Title
100% cotton – Made in India
Genre
Documentary
Country
Germany
Year
2003
Duration
29'
Production Companies
Altemeier&Hornung Filmproduktion
Food on Film project
Food on Film
Partners
Slow Food
Associazione Cinemambiente
Cezam
Innsbruck nature film festival
mobilEvent
In collaboration with
Interfilm
UNISG - University of Gastronomic Sciences

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