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James E Thomas

Senior Lecturer in Health Policy & Community Health Georgia Southern University
James E Thomas

James Thomas is a Lecturer in the Department of Department of Health Policy and Community Health at Georgia Southern University. He joined Georgia Southern in 2018.

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Waste Crisis / Smart Clothes Commentary
The convergence of textile and electronic waste streams creates a category of refuse that neither industry can process cleanly, exposing gaps in regulation, disposal and material recovery.

The Coming Age of Smart Garments Demands a New Waste Doctrine

  • Ian Williams
  • Christina Webb
  • Stephen Beeby

26 August 2026
Chemical Usage / Wardrobe Issues Commentary
The environmental cost of a garment begins long before purchase and continues long after it leaves the wardrobe, shaped invisibly by chemistry the wearer never sees.

Behind the Label Lies a Longer and Stranger Chemical Story

  • Jane Wood
  • Charlotte Barras
  • Elena Probert

26 August 2026
 
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Leader Speak / India Intimatewear Interview
Machinery can be bought by anyone, so advantage settles instead on how well a maker understands yarn behaviour through knitting, dyeing and finishing into the final garment.

How Changing Indian Bodies and Tastes Are Redrawing Intimatewear Manufacturing

  • Subir Ghosh

22 September 2026
Rethinking Circularity / Scaling Up Analysis
The store, the sales advisor and the after-sales experience convert technical detail into information that shapes how a client actually cares for and keeps a product.

Fashion Does Not Lack Circular Solutions, It Lacks Connections Between Them

  • Iuliia Moiseienko

9 September 2026
 
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Cotton Farming / Australian Industry Analysis
Australia’s Modern Slavery Act requires companies with more than A$100 million in annual revenue to publicly report on their efforts to ensure their supply chains are free of labour exploitation.

Australia’s Cotton Farmers Can Help Prevent Exploitation in the Global Garment Industry

  • Martijn Boersma
  • Alice Payne
  • Erin O'Brien

3 February 2023
Cotton Production / Latin America Overview Interview
The distance between a validated research finding and its adoption on a working farm is rarely a scientific problem. It is an economic, institutional, and logistical one.

Inclusion or Concentration: Latin American Cotton Faces a Reckoning

  • Subir Ghosh

26 May 2026