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Why Use Organic Cotton?
According to Dr. David Suzuki, "If we want the next generation of
Canadians to have the same opportunities that we have enjoyed, we have to start
changing now. That means including the social and environmental costs of our
actions in all of our decision-making processes. It means focusing on the
creation of genuine wealth, like health, education and the state of our
environment, rather than just the accumulation of more stuff. It means moving
from being wasteful and complacent, to being efficient, modern, and
thoughtful."
By choosing organic, you are choosing to decrease pesticide use. This directly benefits you the consumer,
farmers and farm workers, mill and factory workers, and the environment. Every time you choose organic, you choose to
support a healthier way of life for you, your family, and the planet. You are creating green homes and natural living.
Food, cotton, textiles, and even a bouquet of flowers – it all makes a
difference! Buying organic is
supporting sustainable living and farming practices, creating a demand for governments to
change farming practices from
pesticide-oriented to organic.
Certified organic cotton and other crops are grown and processed by organic
standards, which means that no synthetic pesticides (insecticides, herbicides,
fumigants, fungicides, or miticides) may have been applied to the land where an
organic crop is grown, a crop already in the field, or to the crop after it is
harvested.
Organic farming increases natural diversity, encouraging birds and other
animals that would be poisoned by synthetic pesticides.
Why Buy Hankettes?
Growing conventional cotton uses approximately 25% of the world’s herbicides
and more than 10% of the world’s pesticides.
In 2000, 84 million pounds of pesticides were sprayed on cotton crops in
the US. . The Environmental Protection Agency considers seven
of the top 15 pesticides used on cotton in 2000 in the United States as
“possible,” “likely,” “probable,” or “known” human carcinogens. Each organic cotton t-shirt saves the planet
from 1/3 of a pound of synthetic herbicides and pesticides.
Using Hankettes reusable
organic cotton products reduce waste.
Hankettes organic handkerchiefs alone can reduce the more than 200
billion tissues that are thrown away each year in our already overflowing
landfills and seas throughout North America.
Here at Hankettes, it's great to
know what we do is part of the solution. All of our natural organic cotton
products are made right here in Roberts Creek, Near Vancouver Canada.
For more information about organic
cotton and the environment, please visit:
PAN UK Pesticide News
Oxfam America
CHEC Heathehouse
GM Watch
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