Organic Cotton is grown using methods and materials that have a low impact on the environment. Organic production systems replenish and maintain soil fertility, reduce the use of toxic and persistent pesticides and fertilizers, and build biologically diverse agriculture. Third-party certification organizations verify that organic producers use only methods and materials allowed in organic production.
The benefit to the consumer, especially to our babies, is the softness and quality that only organic cotton can provide, it is truly unmatched and one of the top reasons people choose organic cotton for their delicate baby's skin. The cotton that is grown in conventional ways is compromised and weakened by the chemicals used in growing, processing and dying of the cotton, all these things break the fiber down and create a weaker, inferior cotton garmen - that is why you get a softer, stronger, better cotton using organic methods. A great choice for you and an important choice for our environment.
Cotton uses approximately 25% of the world's insecticides and more than 10% of the pesticides (including herbicides, insecticides, and defoliants.) (Allan Woodburn)
Eighty-four million pounds of pesticides were sprayed on the 14.4million acres of conventional cotton grown in the U.S. in 2000 (5.85 pounds /acre), rnaking cotton second behind corn in total amount of pesticides sprayed. (USDA)
Over 2.03 Billion pounds of synthetic fertilizers were applied to conventional cotton the same year (142 pounds/acre), making cotton the fourth most heavily fertilized crop behind corn, winter wheat, and soybeans. (USDA)
The Environmental Protection Agency considers seven of the top 15 pesticides used on cotton in 2000 in the United States as "possible," "likely," "probable," or "known," human carcinogens (acephate, dichloropropene, diuron, fluometuron, pendimethalin, tribufos, and trifluralin). (EPA)
It takes about one-third of a pound of chemicals (pesticides and fertilizers) to grow enough cotton for only one T-shirt. (SCP)
