Organic Cotton GOTS certified

Organic Cotton GOTS Certified

organic cotton

Cotton is a natural fiber that has been grown for centuries around the globe and accounts for more than 50% of the fiber consumption of the world. Everyone loves cotton, whether it comes to buying a new natural T-shirt or looking for a comfortable bedding. However, if you haven’t already heard about the impact of conventional cotton on our environment, you will be interested to learn about the facts and figures regarding how it is grown and processed, as well as the reasons why organic cotton GOTS certified is a far superior and a better option.

Regular cotton, sprayed with pesticides:

conventional cotton, sprayed with pesticides

Reasons Why Conventional Cotton is Harmful to the Planet

Although cotton uses less than 5% of the agricultural land of the world, it consumes over 16% of the world’s insecticides and over 10% of the world’s pesticides. These statistics make cotton the most toxic and the dirtiest crop that humans cultivate. In order to grow one pound of cotton, up to one-third pound of fertilizers is used, which means that your T-shirt is more chemical than cotton. Furthermore, nitrogen-based synthetic fertilizers leech nutrients from the soil by polluting waterways.

Pesticides used on conventional cotton are harmful to human health and can prevent an individual’s nerve cells from communicating with each other. This may result in disruption of the immune system, severe depression, paralysis, impaired memory, and even death.

Ecological disaster

Conventional cotton is mostly farmed in developing countries where farmers use pesticides and chemical fertilizers without taking any precautionary measures (e.g. wearing protective clothing) due to the lack of knowledge or non-existent safety standards. Because of this, many of them either fall ill or die.

To finish, conventional cotton contains harmful chemicals such as formaldehyde, ammonia, heavy metals, toxic softeners, and silicone waxes are used, many of which flow freely into lakes and streams without treatment and kill aquatic ecosystems.

Reasons Why Organic Cotton is Better

As compared to conventional cotton, organic cotton is grown without the use of pesticides, insecticides, and synthetic fertilizers. Furthermore, farmers who grow organic cotton use cover crops and manure to add nutrients, which is helpful when it comes to increasing the biological ecosystem in soil. Apart from this, finishing organic cotton is also eco-friendly because the use of harmful chemicals is strictly prohibited.

Benefits of Organic Cotton

organic farming

Following are some of the key benefits of organic cotton:

• It is 100% eco-friendly.
• It supports the local communities of growers.
• It has natural soft feel quality.
• The chemical-free, natural process significantly reduces water and soil pollution.

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• It is far more absorbent as compared to Fluff pulp, which is used in sanitary hygiene products.
• It provides all the texture and quality you can expect from cotton products.
• It is hypoallergenic. It does not emit any harmful particles. Furthermore, it is healthy for the skin and does not cause any irritation or allergy.
• Safe cultivation of organic cotton is good for the farmers, water, plants and animals, and the future.
• Organic cotton does not just feel good on your skin, but also on your conscience.

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