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The Alarming Rise in Forced Labor Behind the Consumer Products We Use

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With Applied DNA Sciences Vice President of Textile Sales MeiLin Wan

American Textiles: Threading the Needle

MeiLin Wan is the Vice President of Textile Sales for Applied DNA Sciences, a U.S.-based cotton DNA authentication company that released a report earlier this year highlighting an alarming percentage of imported cotton textiles and apparel made by forced labor in Xinjiang, China. Hear more about the rise in forced labor behind the apparel we wear and the consumer products we use every day, why it matters now more than ever for companies to source their apparel and consumer goods ethically, and how bad actors are circumventing a new U.S. law banning these tainted products.