About Organic Cotton

I am reading the book Green Chic. The author talks about a number of chemicals used to treat sheets prior to packaging. She recommends using organic sheets only. She swears you can't wash the chemicals out of the sheets.

I hate being sold fear. And I don't have the money to go change all my sheets over to organic (or listen to most of the advice she gives).

Do you think organic cotton is safer? Is there a way to wash traditional cotton sheets to get the chemicals out?

organic cotton is safer but the chemicals do eventually wash out/off gas so if you have sheets that are several years old they are probably free of chemicals by now. What you should plan on doing is replacing your sheets slowly with organic cotton sheets over time and hit sales to do so.

2008-03-03 05:07:03 by Snowflake

A documentary film about organic cotton production in Benin, the health effect of pesticides used in conventional cotton, and the power of ...

i bought a shirt out of organic cotton and it got me thinking.

(I believe) 50% of the worlds pesticides goes into cotton. 1/3 pound of pesticides is used for every pound of cotton. This is extremely bad for the enviroment. Organic textiles also contain all natural/organic dyes, to which the chemical dyes some people maybe allergic to.

2008-07-20 06:29:17 by Selena

It takes about 1/3 of a pound of pesticides to produce 1 cotton t-shirt. Around 180 -250 pounds of chemical fertilizer is used on 1 acre of cotton in the U.S., most of which washes off and ends up in the water supply or habitat.

Do you think it's time we "go organic" with respect to buying clothes?

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I didn't have all the info.. but the source link below does! Yes, I think it IS time! Thanks!

We must ♥ the earth!

2007-02-12 07:39:57 by Amy L

I am looking for organic cotton flannel for sewing projects, not clothing, just the material.

Organic cotton can be found at Home Depot.

2007-07-27 05:25:59 by MelG

My sister got period blood on my bed (I know it's gross, that's why i want to wash it out) so how can I clean that? I don't know if it makes a difference but my bed sheets are 100% organic cotton. My bed sheets are brown..so I can't bleach it or anything.. any suggestions??
I really love my bedsheets and I don't want to throw them out. They just match perfectly with my room.

Try some hydrogen peroxide directly to the stains. Soak in cold water, keep pouring peroxide directly on the stains until gone...

2008-05-07 14:32:24 by Liz87