How Vinyl Flooring Made With Uyghur Forced Labor Ends Up at Big Box Stores 

The industry calls it “luxury vinyl tile.” In reality, the popular plastic flooring is produced using toxic chemicals - and forced labor.
A new report, by researchers at Sheffield Hallam University’s Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice in England and at the Maine-based toxic chemical investigative outfit Material Research, details the toll taken by the flooring industry, painting a devastating picture of oppression and pollution in the Uyghur region, all to help consumers in the United States and other wealthy countries cheaply renovate their homes.
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