| Tipoffs for Greenville, South Carolina (textiles) Newsletter for Sunday July 02, 2023 ( 3 items ) |
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Optica: Fiber Optic Smart Pants Offer a Low-Cost Way to Monitor Movements
WASHINGTON, June 28 (TNSjou) -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023:
With an aging global population comes a need for new sensor technologies that can help clinicians and caregivers remotely monitor a person's health. New smart pants based on fiber optic sensors could help by offering a nonintrusive way to track a person's movements and issue alerts if there are signs of distress.
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Pingree, DeLauro to GAO: What More Can Fashion Industry, Federal Government Do to Curb Textile Waste Pollution?
WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release:
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, are calling on the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro to outline ways the fashion industry and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can bette
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UNEP, UN Climate Change Provide Fashion Communicators With Practical Guide to Contribute to Sustainable Change
BONN, Germany, June 30 -- The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change issued the following news release:
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Climate-Change-convened Fashion Charter launched the Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook, a guide for consumer-facing communicators in the global fashion industry to align efforts to sustainability targets, incorporating both environmental and social factors.
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