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| Natural fiber and organic clothing stands apart in a number of ways from synthetically made clothing. Besides feeling better on your skin, organic clothing obviously has a better impact on our environment as well. However, keep in mind that natural fiber clothing and organic clothing are two different entities. While natural fiber clothing sounds like the perfect choice for being in harmony with nature, just because it's made of natural fibers does not mean it is safe for you or the environment. Natural fiber clothing simply means that the clothing is made of fibers composing plants, proteins or the one-and-only silkworm larvae. Protein fibers come from animals and are most commonly found in wool apparel. So, for you vegetarians and animal rights activists out there, clothing made of protein fibers may not be what you are looking for. Plant fibers, which are more aptly deemed vegetable fibers due to their primary composition of cellulose, are mainly derived from cotton, linen and hemp in the production of natural fiber clothing. However, this again may not be good enough reason to buy natural fiber clothing for the environmentally aware fashionista. Did you know that the bulk of the world's agriculturally grown cotton is dangerously dependent on some of the most dangerous pesticides known to man? When all is said and done, a non-organic cotton T-shirt requires about one-third pound of chemicals to grow the cotton plants that go into producing it. Furthermore, these same chemicals are at least fifteen times more toxic to infants - hence the necessity for organic baby clothing. Indeed, the solution to avoiding this toxic exposure is solved with organic clothing, which is commonly derived from both organically grown hemp and cotton. |
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