Wearing Organic

I believe that you tend to choose clothes made from natural fibers because they feel good and allow your body to breathe, but you may not know that it takes 150g (1/3 lb) of pesticides just to produce a conventional cotton T-shirt.

What to look for?

• Look for natural, organic and non-toxic fabrics in the-closest-to-your-skin types of clothes your wear, such as underwear, socks, leggings, and T-shirts.
• Look for fabrics made from organic cotton that are not colored using heavy metal dyes or bleached with chlorine bleaches. Do your know that cotton actually grows in several different colors? They can be used to make the ultimate eco-friendly fabrics, since they are created without the need for dyes. As for bleaching, try to look for fabrics bleached using eco-responsible methods, for example, hydrogen peroxide bleaches.

What to avoid?

• Try to avoid fabrics with "non-iron" or crease-resistant" finishes as these finishes contain formaldehyde, a colorless poisonous gas made by the oxidation of methanol and possibly causes cancer. They are bonded into the fibers and cannot be washed out.
• Try to avoid your dry-cleaning as much as possible. The chemicals used in this process are toxic and there is evidence that we as well as workers at dry-cleaning factories are all exposed to these chemicals when they are released into the environment through air and groundwater pollution.

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