Guest blog by Hazen Henderson, Ethical Markets
SOURCE:Justmeans
DESCRIPTION:
The best way to ensure that your diamond is not bloodstained from conflicts is to buy an identical gem created by human science. These can be indistinguishable from diamonds mined from the Earth and avoid polluting the planet and exploiting miners, hundreds of whom die every year. The growing science-created diamond industry is the biggest challenge yet to the mystique of mined diamonds.
Remember when women proudly wore fur coats, some from endangered species? Today’s women are more likely to fear public scorn. Furry fabrics are now the fashion. Could the same fate befall diamonds and other gems mined out of Mother Earth?
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KEYWORDS: Ethical Production and Consumption, synthetic diamonds, blood diamonds, Standards, Justmeans, Ethical Markets, gemstones
