Dangers of "the fabric of our lives"
Cotton isn't all it's cracked up to be
Many people consider cotton to be the purest fiber on earth. Or as a recent ad campaign suggests, "the fabric of our lives." In fact, cotton cultivation inflicts a heavy toll on the environment. So we offer recycled cotton fibers. And a small number of farmers are now growing
cotton "organically." This means they eliminate toxic chemicals in every step of the growing process, by emphasizing natural, biological methods, which have far less impact on the environment.
Imagining a world without cotton is like imagining life without corn, wheat or rice. Yet beneath cotton's natural fiber lies a long chain of chemically intensive, "unnatural" processes. To bring this delicate plant to harvest, it is heavily sprayed - 8 to 10 times a season in extreme cases - with pesticides so poisonous they gradually render fields barren. And that's just the beginning.
To create finished goods, fabrics are often colored with toxic dyes and finished with formaldehyde. In the United States and other countries, farmers are raising cotton organically, without the use of costly, often ineffective and dangerous chemicals. They are courageously developing alternative sources of the world's favorite natural fiber.
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