Most people may not know that a baby's skin is 5 times thinner and more sensitive but less oily than an adult's skin. It is less resistant to bacteria and harmful substances in the environment. Babies also sweat less efficiently than the rest of us, so it is harder for them to maintain their inner body temperature. Therefore, baby clothing and diapers made of natural cotton will be ideal because cotton provides better ventilation and absorbs moisture more easily.
Problems with Conventional Cotton Clothes
One important point to note is that baby's skin is much more porous than adult's skin, so whatever put on baby's skin will be absorbed directly into the body including chemicals on the baby clothing or diapers made of conventional cotton clothes.
Majority of the conventional cotton is produced with many different pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, fertilizers and other chemicals, and as mentioned in www.treehugger.com:
“Conventional cotton is one of the most chemically-dependent crops, sucking up 10% of all agricultural chemicals and 25% of insecticides on 3% of our arable land; that's more than any other crop per unit. That adds up to 1/3 of a pound of chemicals to produce enough cotton for a t-shirt, and 3/4 of a pound for a pair of jeans. And that's just not bad for the planet; 20,000 deaths occur each year from pesticide poisoning in developing countries, many of these from cotton farming, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)”
Therefore, for the sake of your baby's health, parents should seriously consider getting organic cotton baby clothing or diapers.
Benefits of Organic Cotton Baby Clothing
Organic baby cotton clothes are made of pure cotton that is not only natural but also free from hidden nasty agro-chemicals.
Then, how to prevent pests from destroying cotton plants?
In Australia, cotton growers are making major progress in replacing costly and environmentally harmful pesticides with beneficial insects, such as Trichogramma Wasps to control pest from feeding on cotton plants. Basically, the tiny trichogramma wasps which lay their eggs into pest eggs and then trichogramma larvae eat pest eggs before the eggs can develop into destructive pest adults.
Besides free from agro-chemicals, you will also unlikely to find any chemical preservatives, SLS, articificial dyes or artificial fragrances in the organic cotton clothing.
Cost More But ...
Unlike in the past, organic clothing including baby cotton diapers, bedding, towels and many other products are easily available online, if you can't find them in your local stores. Alright, the price of cotton clothing is higher than those made of conventional cotton, but it is definitely not prohitbitively expensive. Letting your baby wearing something that you know is comfortable, safe, good for his/her skin and health as well as environmentally friendly, will definitely worth paying for.
That's it for now.
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