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dimanche 2 avril 2017

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By Bertulda Zerna


Everyone should be concerned for the environment. Chemical use is a huge issue and traditionally, a huge quantity of pesticides and herbicides are used on cotton crops that are meant for textile use. There is a USA children's clothing company that offers products made with organic cottons.

Organic cotton tends to be softer and more comfortable against the tender sensitive skin of young people. Ordinary cottons typically contain a good deal of the chemical products that were used to treat them as crops, even after several washings. Many people, especially kids, who have been labeled as having a cotton allergy, are actually have reactions to caustic materials such as dyes or formaldehyde, that were introduced during processing.

Most of the benefits, however, are environmental. Conventional cotton uses 25% of the insecticides and 10% of the other pesticides used worldwide, whilst being grown on only 3% of cultivated land. Avoiding pesticide use also helps improve the health of cotton farmers, and in some areas producing organic cotton has actually turned out to be cheaper. Organic cotton farmers avoid pesticide use by deliberately releasing beneficial insects and using state of the art machinery to kill weeds.

When consumers purchase organic materials, they are helping to increase the demand for such products, thus lowering the rate of field working harvesters contracting pesticide induced sicknesses, and it contributes to reducing the cost of organic clothes and fabrics in general.

Even if the benefits to your child are only perceived (there are no studies proving that organic cotton has health benefits to the end user), the benefits to the planet are obvious - and the fact is, you are also supporting the health of cotton farmers and their familites by encouraging them to reduce pesticides and use organic techniques.

As a general rule, organic fibers are more durable and of a higher range of quality, particularly if they have been colored with natural dyes instead of synthetic ones, which often wear down and weaken the fibers. While shopping, read the labels on the clothes and consider the responsible option. The little extra it may cost will be worth it.




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