Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Organic Cotton

Using current mainstream methods of cultivation, it takes almost a third of a pound (140 grams) of fertilizer and pesticides to produce enough cotton for a single t-shirt. That's almost the weight of the t-shirt itself! 

Additionally, seven the most common pesticides used on cotton are either suspected or confirmed carcinogens. read on>>

Posted via email from Mahesh Kamath's Posterous

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