The immune system is the body`s defense against infections and other harmful invaders. When your immune system doesn’t work the way it should, it is called an immune system disorder. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that can cause joint pain and damage throughout your body. The exact cause of RA is not known, however, initiation of disease seems to result from an interaction among genetic susceptibility, environmental triggers, and chance. RA is characterized by dysregulated inflammatory processes in the synovium of the joint that eventually leads to the destruction of both cartilaginous and bony elements of the joint, with resulting pain and disability. There is no cure for RA. But clinical studies indicate that remission of symptoms is more likely when treatment begins early with medications known as disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs).
ducated through the movement of ethical fashion, people become more aware of the dangers of industrial chemicals in their clothing, of environmental damages from some mainstream industrial practices, and of the unsafe working conditions (Fashion Revolution, 2013). To fulfilled the demand of consumers, fashion industry has no choice to make changes on their productions. Figure 1 shows the statistic that brands respond to #whomademyclothes campaign.
Figure 1: Statistic of fashion brands respond to #whomademyclothes campaign, n.d.
Sustainable fashion ties into the ethical as they use environmentally sustainable fibres like bamboo, hemp and organic cotton. In production, natural dyes are used to replace chemicals and water consumption through the process is greatly monitored; workers are given safe, clean working environments and there is a real openness between consumer and company – from design to production, distribution and consumption (Moely, 2017). Beyond that, ethical fashion is a term of ethical fashion design, production, retail, and purchasing. It usually be judge in these few features such as fair trade, employing women or certain ethnic groups, made without animal components, without animal testing, fair wages paid, contributing to preserve traditions of an ethnic minority, revealing manufacturing locations and workforce policies, the product itself raises awareness or promotes an ideal or cause (Fashionhedge, 2017). In fact, these prove that ethical clothing is environmental, socially and economically responsible.
2.2 How environmental protection contributes to ethics?
How can a fashion companies contribute to environmental protection? “When you think about one garment, how it’s got to be on your back, it’s gone through so many different suppliers and production processes” (Taylor, 2018). Taylor speaks no doubt that there are many steps and process before clothes produced. Materials are one of the elements that need to be considered. For instance, cotton is the main material to produce clothes and it is the most pesticide-intensive crop in the world (Greenchoices.org, 2018). Herbicides, the chemical defoliants that need for mechanical cotton harvesting and harm on the environment and human health (Greenchoices.org, 2018). Moreover, these chemicals will stay in the fabric after finishing and released during the lifetime of the garments (Greenchoices.org, 2018). It is clear that how these materials will destroy our environment. By using eco-friendly fabrics and components can reduce the environmental impact such as hemp, linen, bamboo and ramie are made from fibres that do not require any pesticides or chemicals to grow. (Telio.com, 2018).
Instead of using eco-friendly materials, fashion companies can recycle c
