Hey there modern vegans and vegan curious,
it's Margaret, and welcome back to ModVegan.
Today I'm going to be doing part 2 in my series of two parts
on the fur industry.
And today we're going to be looking
more into the health impacts of fur.
How does fur impact human health?
Is it something we should be concerned about?
And why should you even care?
So please stay tuned.
As I mentioned in my previous episode,
people from the fur industry love to talk about how fur is natural,
and organic, and green.
And there's actually even websites
like "fur is green" and things like that.
And those are all industry websites that are devoted to trying to show you, the consumer,
that fur is a natural product that is great for environment and great for you.
It makes you feel so much better, so much warmer, all those things.
But, they don't really tell you the full truth.
The sad truth is that no matter how green fur processing may be
it still requires a lot of artificial chemicals.
As I touched on in my previous episode,
they have to use the same things that would be used to keep any leather from degrading,
because obviously when you're looking at fur, one side is going to be the fur, the hair
of the animal,
and then the other side is going to be the skin.
And so you have to tan the skin and you have to preserve the fur.
And in order to do that, you still need all the chromium salts and everything to preserve
the leather, to preserve the skin,
and on the opposite side for the fur, you're using a lot of other chemicals,
formaldehyde, in particular, and that is the chemical we're going to be really looking
at today.
In 2011, a group called EcoAid published a paper
where they examined how much formaldehyde is actually in fur.
And it's a really interesting question and one that I had really never seen explored
before,
and it turns out that there is a lot of formaldehyde in fur.
If you recall the Lumber Liquidators scandal from a few years ago,
you may remember that Lumber Liquidators was in huge trouble,
this was a company in the US, they were in deep, deep trouble because
it turned out that their cheap lumber actually had a lot of formaldehyde in it.
And people in the United States were horrified, they faced all sorts of fines,
and things like that, lawsuits from consumers who were concerned about the amount of formaldehyde
in the lumber that they were putting in their homes,
particularly for things like laminate flooring and stuff like that.
Now, the interesting thing is that the US government allows about .11 ppm of formaldehyde
in flooring.
And consumers were shocked to find out that instead of .11 parts per million,
this lumber from Lumber Liquidators actually had 2.2 parts per million.
So, orders of magnitude more.
This was a huge increase
and it was something that terrified consumers,
led to lawsuits and nearly put the company out of business.
It was super serious.
Now, what's interesting is that although the US only allows .11 ppm in flooring,
of formaldehyde, they allow 75 ppm in clothing intended for children so- 75.
0.11 vs 75.
Really try to get these numbers in your head.
I'm going to be having some slides here to help you focus on these numbers a little bit,
but hopefully they will impress upon you how great a difference this actually is.
So, 75 ppm for children's clothing and 150 ppm for adult clothing that's touching your
skin - if you have say, a fur jacket or something like that that has fur that's actually touching
your skin
- shouldn't have more than 150 ppm, and then for outerwear that doesn't actually touch
the skin,
say you have a jacket with a trim or something like that that isn't touching the skin of
your body, then that can have up to 300 ppm.
Now, let's just think here for a moment:
the difference between 300 ppm and 0.11 ppm.
And think to yourself: why might it be dangerous for me to have a home with more than .11 ppm
of formaldehyde in my flooring,
but it's okay for me to wear a jacket that has 300 ppm.
So just kind of keep that in your mind.
The difference between those two things.
And we're going to get a little bit more into these numbers.
So, when EcoAid published this report in 2011,
they studied 35 pieces of clothing at random,
from a variety of different manufacturers.
And they just wanted to know how much formaldehyde was in these fur pieces of clothing.
And so they tested them, and it turned out that 32 out of the 35 were unacceptable for
the children's level.
So 32 out of 35 were more than 75 ppm of formaldehyde.
But then it got even a bit worse.
Maybe that just is the 75 ppm, maybe we'll try and just imagine that children shouldn't
be wearing these products.
But what about adults, and what about higher concentrations?
So, it turned out that 15 out of the 35 samples actually had too much formaldehyde for contact
with human skin.
Which sounds pretty bad, but then we get to the amount that were in too much of a concentration
to even be allowed around human beings.
And that was 13 out of the 35.
So, 37% of the samples were actually containing so much formaldehyde that they really shouldn't
be even in the presence of human beings.
And that's concerning.
So it turned out that in this study done in Europe that 37% of the samples that they chose,
actually had more formaldehyde than really should be even allowed in a room with a human
being.
That you shouldn't even be wearing it on your body,
even if it's not touching your skin.
That's how high the level of formaldehyde was in these products.
But even if it's 37%, maybe you can avoid that by buying nicer fur!
Maybe the problem is that this is cheap fur from, say, Russia or China, and that's the
problem.
Unfortunately, buying fancier fur doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to be able
to avoid the health consequences.
Turns out that many of these items that were included in that 13 items
were from Burberry, and Gucci, and Moncler
- which is a company that produces very fancy winter jackets that contain lovely fur collar
trims -
and it turns out that many of those also had this high, 300 ppm plus concentration.
Which is extremely disturbing.
But we shouldn't be surprised, because again,
this is an item that we're told is natural, that we're told is green,
but in fact, it's not.
And again, you really just need to use a little logic here.
It's not a natural material, it is something that is meant to biodegrade
with a body when it perishes.
If you're thinking about an animal, when say, a fox dies, that animal's intended to die,
and it's fur is intended to be eaten by other little animals,
and it's supposed to go away almost immediately.
But of course, if you produce fur as a profession,
you need that fur to last longer.
You don't want it to be eaten by bugs,
you don't want all of these things to happen,
and the only way to do that is to use chemicals.
Also, there are some regulatory issues here that I really think should be called into
question.
We have this number where - a recent article in the New York Times was saying that, above
75 ppm really probably be used on children.
But again, that 75 ppm, when you compare it to the .11 ppm
cited for Lumber Liquidators in terms of flooring,
that is 3,305% or something like that more formaldehyde than we allow in flooring.
So we are in fact putting fur collars on our children,
that are over 3,000 percent more formaldehyde than is included in the Lumber Liquidators
flooring that was condemned.
And when it comes to adults, the numbers are even more staggering.
When you look at that 37% of items that failed the test entirely,
and were over 300 ppm of formaldehyde,
that is 13,500 and something percent more formaldehyde than was included in that condemned
Lumber Liquidators flooring.
And I think this is something for people really to take seriously.
I don't think we think about it often enough,
I think it's something that we sweep under the rug,
or under the laminate flooring, but it's interesting that we're all so concerned,
and we read so many newspaper articles that tell us about
the dangers of household products that might contain,
you know, flame retardants and these other toxic chemicals,
and that is something that we're taught to be so fearful of, these toxic chemicals,
but in fact, it gets a lot worse than that.
We're taught that we should be concerned about the
amount of formaldehyde and other chemicals that are included in items with flame retardants
in our home,
you know, your mattress and things like that,
we're taught about that all the time.
That's always something that newspaper journalists are bringing up, they're bringing to our attention,
and telling us that we should be concerned about.
But what we never hear about is clothing.
We very rarely hear about clothing, even though it's something that we're all wearing all
the time,
that is right next to where we're breathing,
we never hear about it, and I think it's something that we should be hearing about more.
In doing research for this video, I was very surprised at the paucity of information about
this subject,
it is really shocking when you start getting into it,
how little information actually exists out there about this.
And of course, one of the reasons why it's so easy to get information for some things
and not for others,
is that we don't really see many people offering millions of dollars to universities to research
the dangers of using all these chemicals to produce fur.
It's simply not a piece of research that's being done,
it's not on the top of people's priority lists, in spite of the fact that in cold climates,
people continue to use fur.
I live in Canada, and here, Canada Goose jackets are extremely popular.
Especially in Calgary, where I live.
If you're walking the streets of Calgary,
you're going to see plenty of people in these jackets,
and I don't think that most of the people who are purchasing them know about the health
dangers that are associated with purchasing these jackets.
They did a test recently where they studied how many parts per million of formaldehyde
were included in children's Canada Goose Jackets.
And it turned out that it was about 150 ppm.
Which is quite high, obviously higher than the amount recommended for youths,
it's right at the limit for what's allowed for contact with the skin,
and it's a very high number.
And it should be concerning.
Obviously if you're considering that .11 ppm of formaldehyde is unacceptable for your floors,
but you can buy your kids a jacket with a fur trim that is 150 ppm.
And we are talking orders of magnitude more.
0.11, 150.
Those are the kind of numbers we're looking at.
These are not small.
And it's high time that we as consumers started to actively question these things.
And even if you continue to buy and wear fur,
which I highly do not recommend, you need to contact these companies,
and actually, even if you don't wear fur, contact the companies and let them know that
these studies need to be done.
It's certainly not fair for workers to be exposed to levels of chemicals like this,
it's not fair for consumers: it's something that people need to know about.
I've been very disappointed over the past few years to see the amount of hysteria there
is over fake fur,
and fake materials of all kinds.
Everyone seems to be convinced that it's not natural,
fake fur with it's 1/3 gallon of petroleum that is required to make a fake fur jacket,
people automatically assume that it is horrible for the environment,
that it is causing this devastation, and that it's so difficult to dispose of.
What people don't realize is that once you burn that material,
it is releasing far fewer toxins into the atmosphere than -
any, the most environmentally friendly fur coat that you could possible imagine.
So, yes, it's fake, and it is unnatural.
But it's the future, and fur is obsolete.
I'm tired of seeing campaigns for PETA that have to do with,
you know, naked celebrities saying that they'll never wear fur.
That is not why we should be stopping to use fur.
Fur is cruel - as you can see from my friend Amy Brander's video, she just created a video
for her channel, The Vegan Transition,
where she does some interviews with a man that worked for many years in a mink farm
in Canada.
And you must remember when you're watching these videos,
this is Canada that we're talking about.
This isn't Russia or China or any of the countries that you like to associate with brutality
towards animals and people.
No, these are people working in Canada.
And when you find out about how the way the workers are treated,
when you find out about the way that the animals are treated,
it is going to give you an entirely different view of the fur industry.
Because no matter how much the Canadian fur industry wants to tell you that our fur is
kind,
that our fur is environmentally friendly, and that is not true.
I am very pro-Canadian business, but there are ways to promote Canadian business without
hurting people,
and without hurting the environment.
We have better things that we can be promoting.
We have great companies, like Wully Outerwear
- I will include a link to them below -
they manage to make extremely warm winter jackets using modern materials that don't
make anyone suffer and die.
What I want you guys to really gather from this video today
is that you as a consumer are not being protected.
Unfortunately, you have to do a lot more research than you should have to,
and that's why I made this video today.
It's because I care.
And I don't want any of you,
especially children, to be exposed to high levels of chemicals unnecessarily.
This is a serious consumer health issue.
I am very passionate about this, both for fur and for leather.
These are outdated and obsolete products that should not be used by anyone.
No-one should be using these products,
they are bad for the environment, full stop.
I understand that there was a day and an age, for millennia,
where this was the right way to keep yourself warm.
But particularly with the chemicals we use today to preserve these items,
and to make them feasible as commercial products,
they are no longer something that anyone should be using.
They're highly toxic, and there is hardly any way to even discover how dangerous they
truly are.
Do yourself a favour, please go to my website, ModVegan.com
I've got information there where you can look at some research that's been done in this
area,
and I strongly suggest that you look into this and consider getting rid of some of the
fur in your wardrobe.
Because it is genuinely a serious health hazard.
And it's something the government simply doesn't seem to care about.
And it's something that corporations obviously don't want to invest in either.
And I don't think it's a huge conspiracy,
but I think that there's obviously enough interest in creating companies like Canada
Goose,
that's planning its IPO, its initial public offering, is going to be going on soon.
They will be selling shares in their company.
They want to make money.
And if people find out how dangerous - that if a child's jacket has 150 ppm of formaldehyde
- that is unacceptable.
No-one should be wearing these things.
I don't care if you care about animal rights at all -
nobody should be wearing these things.
If you care about animals at all, obviously you should be against fur,
because the way these animals are treated and the completely useless wastefulness of
it all,
should be disgusting, really, to everyone.
It's something that all of us should be able to appreciate.
And I'm sorry for ranting here, but it's something that I really do care about.
And not because it's dramatic, the way that the anti-fur campaigns were in the late 1990s,
early 90s,
all that stuff that happened with PETA, where people were saying they'd "rather go naked
than wear fur."
It's a lot deeper than that.
this isn't just about the animals, because we mistreat and kill animals every day.
This is a serious public health concern, and if that matters to you, if the environment
matters to you,
please wake up and realize that by living in a naturalistic fallacy,
where you think that just because something's natural,
that fur is natural, that it must be superior,
that is wrong.
And you need to start looking into the information.
So please take a look,
I hope you enjoyed this video.
If you did, please subscribe,
give it a like, share it with a friend,
tell them about fur a little bit,
and just let them know about some of the dangerous
consequences of using fur.
And do a favour for their health and for yours,
Thank you so much for watching.
I hope you have a great day.
Take care.
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