森林裡，毛絨絨的狐狸、水貂、貉，以及我們身邊的貓咪、狗狗和兔子，是不是很可愛呢？然而，這些動物卻經常因為自己美麗的皮毛而死……
將動物的毛皮製成服飾的皮草產業，除了造成對動物的傷害以外，也對環境帶來重大的污染。動物排放的糞尿和氣味，還有處理皮草時所用的有毒化學品等酸性防腐物質，會強烈侵蝕土壤和水體，造成不可逆的污染，環境代價相當高。另一方面，從養殖場逃出的動物，也可能成為對當地生態的威脅。皮草養殖場還存在著傳播人畜共通疾病的問題，新冠肺炎(covid-19)已讓丹麥、荷蘭等十個國家的養殖場中的水貂生病，數百萬水貂因此被撲殺。此外，在加工過後，皮草製品上的有毒物質，如六價鉻（容易造成腎臟、神經和生殖系統損傷）、甲醛（誘發過敏和癌症）和鉛等，都威脅著消費者的健康。
由於動保和環保意識逐漸提高，店家往往聲稱自己賣的是人造皮草，但是，很多皮草的價格低廉，甚至沒有成份的標示，連專家也僅能用「燃燒法」來辨別真假。如果大家在商店裡看到了毛絨絨飾品，請小心謹慎地避開它們，幫助每年數千萬隻的動物和環境不受傷害。
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Furry foxes, minks, raccoon dogs in the forests, along with cats, dogs and rabbits near us are cute, are they not? But they often die because of their beautiful fur.
Other than hurting the animals, fur also pollutes the environment. Animal waste and toxic chemicals used to preserve fur erode the land and the water, cause irreversible contamination, and impose great cost to the environment. At the same time, animals who escaped from factory farms can also threaten the local ecology. Fur farms also contribute to the spread of pathogens between animals and humans. Because of COVID-19, Denmark, Holland, and about ten other countries have culled millions of minks. In addition, after industrial processing of fur, fur products all contain toxic chemicals, such as hexavalent chromium that harms the kidney, the nervous system, and the reproductive system, formaldehyde, a carcinogen and an allergen, and lead. All these chemicals threaten consumers’ health.
Because of the increasing awareness around animal welfare and the environmental problems, many businesses would claim that the fur they sell is synthetic. However, many fur products are sold at a very low price and are not properly labeled. Even experts can only identify if the fur is synthetic by way of burning it.
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