A good article raised
the point. Ask anybody if they are including organics into a healthier
lifestyle, and they immediately connect with organic food. Ask about
organic cotton, organic wool, organic bedding and organic clothes, and
most people will just blink at you, or not really understand what you're
talking about.
It isn't widely advertised, but conventional cotton takes more chemicals
than any other crop from seed, through a huge cocktail of pesticides,
fungicides, defoliants, and chemical washes, into cotton mills and
manufacturing facilities, making it the most environmentally destructive
corporate crop on earth.
The Sustainable Cotton Project (SCP) located in Davis, California says,
"The simple act of growing and harvesting the one pound of cotton needed
to make a T-shirt (or any other conventional cotton product) takes an
enormous toll on the earth's air, water and soil, and significantly
affects the health of people living in cotton growing areas".
And I'll bet most people don't know that most of that chemically soaked
cotton is everywhere in our food supply, in the form of cottonseed oil.
Go up and down the aisles and read those labels. And, cottonseed,
including hulls, are an ingredient in livestock feed, exposing dairy
products, eggs, meats, poultry, etc. to a host of toxic chemicals that
threaten the safety of the entire food supply and food chain.
The article by Daniel Sanders continues with: "The SCP states in its
"Care what You Wear" campaign that "Possible bans on the most toxic
agricultural chemicals, as well as potential regulations about labeling
on genetically engineered products, point to the need to develop
sustainable, practical solutions for cotton." This implies that the onus
is on the manufacturers that produce the brands we wear to effect the
necessary changes. However, it is the choices and preferences of the
consumer, thinking from a holistic and sustainable perspective, that
will ultimately drive the market."
LIST OF SUSTAINABLE FIBERS:
Organic
Cotton--Cotton grown without pesticides and third party
certified.
Organic Wool--Produced with chemical and cruelty free animal
husbandry.
Hemp--Hardy, extremely versatile, low input, industrial grade
crop.
Tencel--Properties of rayon and made from renewable plant
resources.
Ingeo--Derived from corn with the properties and feel of a
micro-fiber.
Soy--Renewable by-product of food manufacturing exhibiting
luxurious softness.
Ecospun--Polyester that is derived from recycled soda
bottles.
Bamboo--Made from the pulp of the plant and displaying
silk-like properties.
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