The average 100% cotton T-shirt contains only 73% cotton. The rest is made up of chemicals and resins that were used to grow and make it. Yet, we all think cotton is one of the most natural things around. The truth is, it’s not as nice as we’d all like to think.
It may be a little bit more expensive, but having organic clothes is not only good for the environment, since a good 25% of all pesticides sprayed in the Western world are to keep the cotton crops ‘healthy’, but also the ethical thing to do for yourself because you’re not wearing those pesticides against your skin. It’s the 100% natural way to go. If only some real retailers would adopt this…
Dude!
I went to an eco-fair at Cccil Sharp house (in Camden) yesterday, and they were selling organic tee-shirts there!I didnt actually stop to look at them, cuz i was like- but they’re just one colour, they ain’t purdy enough to go with this face;), but if id read your post beforehand, i may well have been a little more interested:0
I didnt know that (abt the amount of cotton in 100%cotton shirts), what a rip-off they’re doing on us!
Incidentally, at this fair, one stall was selling “worn again” shoes and trainers. So the trainers would be made out of tweed, and rubber, or parachut fabric, and they’d be recycled- and they looked funky too!
I was gonna get some, but they’d run out of the type i liked, and as they were 50quid i didnt wanna buy them just because they were cool..
I mean, i’ll do that with ANYTHING else, but for some reason, at that moment, i dveloped some kind of wallet conscience.. Crrazy.
Dude!