SAN FRANCISCO — From the cotton field in rural India to the local rag bin, a typical pair of blue jeans consumes 919 gallons of water during its life cycle, Levi Strauss & Company says, or enough to ...

Jeans have lasting appeal; no other clothing item is more popular. In the past few years stonewashed jeans have been in vogue. But in many countries workers spray the jeans manually with a toxic mix ...