Say “Yes” to Organic Clothing and “No” to Pesticides and Herbicides
Do you buy organic clothing?
More and more people are thinking and learning about the foods they are putting into their bodies. However, except for caring about designer labels, it's not really a priority for most people to pay attention to the farming and manufacturing practices of the clothing industry.
Slowly, the clothing market is starting to pay attention to the organic movement and organic clothes are becoming more available but still on a small scale.
Perhaps the more people become aware of the harm being done by the current conventional fiber market, the more the organic fiber market will grow.
Here are some points that might make you want to support the organic clothing industry if you don't already.
The EPA has deemed seven of the pesticides used in the cotton production in the U.S. as carcinogenic to humans.
According to Organic Products Retailer, the conventional cotton market uses 25 percent of the insecticides being used and 10 percent of pesticides. This has a huge impact on cotton workers, the environment and for the consumer wearing these materials.
Children are at greater risk for health problems from exposure to pesticides and other chemicals than adults.
“Millions of children in the US receive up to 35% of their estimated lifetime dose of some carcinogenic pesticides by age five through food, contaminated drinking water, household use, and pesticide drift.”
There are a lot of scary statistics and facts when you start looking into the farming practices of conventionally grown cotton. To make a t-shirt or pair of jeans, one pound of chemical fertilizers and pesticides are used.
At what point, will our mainstream society realize that we can’t continue to allow these toxic chemicals to be used on everything we eat, wear, breath, drink and touch?
Let's reduce the amount of toxic sprays being put on our land, into our water supplies and our bodies.
Support organic clothing and other organic fiber products when you can.
