It has never been possible to associate Milan's dressmaking with the sweatshops of Third World countries, but lately the candidates have said recently that many workers have died in the special garment-making techniques used by the apparel industry, and Milan has also become the sport center. The Versace brand said yesterday that it will fully support the campaign to ban the use of sandblasting to make jeans. Sandblasting will damage workers' lungs and long-term work in this environment can have serious consequences. This month, a group of protest groups claimed the Versace brand used sandblasting to make jeans. They attacked Versace's Facebook site and advertised it would boycott all of the brand's clothing. The Versace brand closed Facebook's website. Versace brand said last year has conducted a comprehensive survey, did not find the factory use sandblasting techniques. Yesterday Versace brand publicly said it will take a more active strategy to join the Industry Association to support the ban on sandblasting campaign. The statement by the Versace brand is arguably a big win for the sponsors of the event, and brands like Levi Strauss, H & M and Karen Millen also joined the campaign. Sandblasting, a technique known to European official organizations as illegitimate in 1966, was banned in Britain by 1950. The campaign's organizers said sandblasting has caused many workers in Turkey and Bangladesh to die, as well as causing severe silicosis. The organization claims that in the past year alone, 46 Turkish workers died of silicosis caused by sandblasting. Although Turkey has banned the use of sandblasting practices in March 2009, the disease is still spreading and it is estimated that more than 5,000 people will develop the disease in the next five years. Yilmaz, 31, is suffering from silicosis and currently can only rely on government remedies to maintain treatment. He said he used sandblasting when making jeans for the Italian designer brand from 2002 to 2005, pulmonary disease. US government scientists say silicosis patients' lungs are flooded with fluids that cause breathing problems and hypoxia, which can trigger in weeks to four or five years. Dominique Muller of the Clean Clothes Campaign said: "I very much welcome the Versace brand to join the sport, but in the future I want them to be able to expose links in the supply chain and make them more aware of what they are doing for the sport." However Many high-end luxury brands did not say whether to join the sport, many brands do not even want to participate in the discussion.