What order of magnitude of suffering does silk production create?

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What order of magnitude of suffering does silk production create?

rajlego

1 min readSep 30, 2023

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Tim Chan

Some relevant numbers in this article: https://reducing-suffering.org/insect-suffering-silk-shellac-carmine-insect-products/

rajlego

Thanks, suffering levels seem sufficiently ambiguous that I'll just avoid silk for now.

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