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Value and Health of Organic Cotton clothing:
Cotton fibers have great
qualities: it breathes, making it comfortable and healthy in hot weather. It protects
from UV rays. It can be finished to different quality of softness and without
chemicals, it is pleasant to the skin. Most importantly, organic cotton is safe
for the skin, your body largest organ.
Organic cotton is widely embraced by holistic
practitioners as having positive "chi" or energy, which can benefit
people - especially those suffering or recovering from illness. Many people
with chemical sensitivities can wear organic cotton clothing but are unable to wear
conventional cotton due to allergic reactions to the dyes and chemical traces
it contains. See the information at the bottom of the page about toxicity of pesticides used in conventional cotton.
Environment: Cotton
is one of the most polluted crops on earth, perhaps due to a wrong perception
as a non-food crop, causing a significant risk to our freshwater. Picture these numbers: cotton uses 24% of
global insecticides market but at the same time, its acreage amounts to only
2.4% of the world's cultivated land. Well... It is obvious that the pesticide
use for cotton way out of proportion, where all nine pesticides used on cotton in the U.S. are
classified by the U.S. EPA as Category I and II- the most dangerous chemicals. were
originally developed as toxic nerve agents during WWII and they have been
linked to many forms of cancers. Some are 60 times more toxic that DDT! EPA
considers 7 of the top 15 pesticides used on cotton as "likely" or
"known" human carcinogens. What
does this mean to You? If you love your favorite T-shirt and pair of
jeans... continue for more info at the bottom of the page...
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Organic Cotton Clothing (90 to 100% of organic cotton)
Note: For a complete list of our products use Women's, Men's etc. categories.
Organic Cotton (about 90% to 100% organic cotton)
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Organic Cotton Clothing blends (percentage of organic cotton is more or equal to other fiber)
Organic Cotton blends
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What
does this mean to You? If you love wearing your favorite T-shirt and pair of
jeans, as we do, you have to live with the fact that it took a lot of
chemicals, many of them carcinogenic (cancer creating) to create it. To
"solve" the problem, a recent wave of Genetically Modified cotton has
became widespread, covering 43 percent of the world's cotton. Bear with us, it
sounds technical but it's worth to get it - GMO cotton is modified to tolerate
the application of glyphosate (an active ingredient in commercial herbicides),
so it can be applied freely without destroying the plant. That
glyphosate causes a range of cell mutations, damage to cell DNA and cancer. The
residues of glyphosate have been found in a variety of fruits and vegetables
and since it is inside the plant tissues, it CAN NOT be washed off.
"Extremely persistent under typical application conditions" says
report from The US Environmental Protection Agency. An additional concern
related to using glyphosate on cotton is that the herbicide has been shown to
move from cotton fabric into and through human skin. You
know the answer. The solution is NOT a better pesticide, but crops without
poisons and chemicals. Organic cotton production maintains and regenerates soil
fertility without chemicals, toxins, pesticides, fertilizers, GM seeds or
sprays. That is not enough, though. Processing of fibers into organic cotton clothing has to be a systems
that breaks down the fibers without harsh chemicals, like formaldehyde and
similar. A 1993 EPA study estimated that 'one to two million' birds are killed
annually by just one insecticide used on cotton! Genetically modified cotton
now accounts for 75% of cotton grown conventionally and cottonseed oil is used
in many processed and snack foods, as well as cottonseed is used in cattle
feed. Finally, in California it became illegal to feed cotton to cattle. Instead, it is set aside to make hygiene and clothing products for us and our babies... Let's wake up! Organic practices have a lower carbon footprint, as the entire
process consumes less fuel and energy and emits fewer greenhouse gases. But also does not leave dead fish, birds or people. FREE shipping on orders over $120.00!
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