We need to push for organic cotton. Clothing is riddled with chemicals. It’s my understanding that clothing and material that comes from China is sprayed with chemicals to avoid mold. 🤢
Vermont banned the herbicide not actually used there since 2022 - and before that, just a few dozen pounds yearly in Addison County. Meanwhile, not a word about glyphosate or any of the others used by the ton.
Cotton has been know to use more pesticides than any other crop in the US. Switching from plastic clothes to poisoned cotton will not make much sense UNLESS it is organic cotton. Organic cotton is so much softer and clothes made with it last much longer than standard poisoned cotton. thank you for moving in this direction.
Conventional cotton is the world’s ‘dirtiest’ crop - using more chemical pesticides than any other major crop.
Cotton accounts for just 2.4% of the world’s cultivated land but uses 6% of the world’s pesticides and 16% of its insecticides - and this addiction to toxic chemicals leaves a trail of death and destruction in its wake.
Every time we choose to buy cheap, inorganic cotton clothes we contribute to this toxic chain. But it is impoverished farmers who pay the real price.
Many farmers in developing nations are sold the lie by multinational pesticide companies that toxic chemicals are essential to grow cotton.
This is especially acute in India, the world’s leading producer of cotton. Every year a large number of India’s 5.8 million cotton farmers are poisoned by their exposure to pesticides. Many have died, while many more continue to suffer with chronic illnesses.
It does not need to be this way. India is also the world’s leading producer of organic cotton, providing more than 50% of the global organic cotton supply. But currently only 1% of Indian cotton is organic.
window dressing!!! the PLANET KILLER globalists are STILL pushing for a data center every 100 miles. They are "eminent domaining" land & water across the country!
I hate wearing synthetics!! Plastic against my skin is so uncomfortable. Its not easy to find 100% cotton, clothes and blankets. I'm excited about this
We need to push for organic cotton. Clothing is riddled with chemicals. It’s my understanding that clothing and material that comes from China is sprayed with chemicals to avoid mold. 🤢
Vermont banned the herbicide not actually used there since 2022 - and before that, just a few dozen pounds yearly in Addison County. Meanwhile, not a word about glyphosate or any of the others used by the ton.
Cotton has been know to use more pesticides than any other crop in the US. Switching from plastic clothes to poisoned cotton will not make much sense UNLESS it is organic cotton. Organic cotton is so much softer and clothes made with it last much longer than standard poisoned cotton. thank you for moving in this direction.
Environmental Justice Foundation:
Conventional cotton is the world’s ‘dirtiest’ crop - using more chemical pesticides than any other major crop.
Cotton accounts for just 2.4% of the world’s cultivated land but uses 6% of the world’s pesticides and 16% of its insecticides - and this addiction to toxic chemicals leaves a trail of death and destruction in its wake.
Every time we choose to buy cheap, inorganic cotton clothes we contribute to this toxic chain. But it is impoverished farmers who pay the real price.
Many farmers in developing nations are sold the lie by multinational pesticide companies that toxic chemicals are essential to grow cotton.
This is especially acute in India, the world’s leading producer of cotton. Every year a large number of India’s 5.8 million cotton farmers are poisoned by their exposure to pesticides. Many have died, while many more continue to suffer with chronic illnesses.
It does not need to be this way. India is also the world’s leading producer of organic cotton, providing more than 50% of the global organic cotton supply. But currently only 1% of Indian cotton is organic.
window dressing!!! the PLANET KILLER globalists are STILL pushing for a data center every 100 miles. They are "eminent domaining" land & water across the country!
I hate wearing synthetics!! Plastic against my skin is so uncomfortable. Its not easy to find 100% cotton, clothes and blankets. I'm excited about this
This is interesting
I wish to buy dairy in glass bottles that are sterilized and reused.