Chinese fashion brand Shein’s products are health hazards and contain chemicals. So says Greenpeace.
Out of 47 Shein products 15 were found to contain hazardous chemicals. Five of the products violate EU laws and a vast majority of the products contain chemical levels high enough to be of causes of concern.
Not surprisingly it is the workers at Shein’s suppliers, people of the neighboring societies and the Chinese environment that carry the majority of Shein’s dangerous chemical addiction.
Shein was founded in China in 2008 and utilizes TikTok to gain popularity by letting influencers promote its clothing collections. Shein is to be found in many countries around the world from Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam to Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Also, Shein’s ultra-fast fashion business model catering to young people perpetuates the extremely rapid trend cycles of cloth production and overconsumption.
Shein has become extremely popular and has grown exponentially by offering thousands of new designs every day for young people and children via social media. Shein is upgrading hundreds of factories in its supply chain. Shein is the most searched fashion brand globally, topping searches across 113 countries, and is the largest online-only retailer in the world, producing between 35,000 and 1,00,000 new garments a day.
