Over at Babies Online – The Blog, a recent article sheds some light on organic baby clothes and why they are a good option for your little ones. Though organic clothes can be more expensive, they may certainly worth it when you get peace of mind from knowing your baby is free from harmful chemicals and herbicides. Read what the Babies Online – The Blog has to say about Organic Clothes:
[Cotton]‘s also one of the most chemically-dependant crops grown today. Tons of fertilizer, insecticides, and herbicides are used on every acre of cotton grown. To grow enough cotton for an average t-shirt, 1/3 of a pound of agricultural chemicals has to be applied to the soil and plants. For one t-shirt! There is something wrong when the amount of pesticides needed to make a garment, weigh more than the garment itself. And surely some of those chemicals are retained in the cotton fibres that will be worn next to baby’s skin?
You can read the rest of the article here.