| Organic baby clothes have evolved into more than | | | | trifluralin, are all known to cause cancer, and have |
| plain basic items into products with style and flair. If | | | | been classified by the US Environmental Protection |
| you are like many parents today, you want only the | | | | Agency as the most dangerous pesticides. By |
| safest material to touch your baby's skin. So, what | | | | purchasing organic cotton, you will do well knowing |
| do you look for to ensure the hip little bodysuit is | | | | the cotton is grown with GMO free seeds and no |
| actually organic and not an imposter? | | | | damaging insecticides or herbicides. |
| First, look for 100% organic cotton or certified | | | | What about bamboo? Bamboo is considered a |
| organic cotton. The Global Organic Textile Standard | | | | natural, sustainable, and plant based fiber. Bamboo |
| (GOTS) is the worldwide leading textile processing | | | | also has antibacterial properties which make it an |
| standard for organic fibers, including ecological and | | | | appealing alternative to other fibers. While bamboo |
| social criteria, backed up by independent certification | | | | the plant is a great sustainable resource, bamboo the |
| of the entire textile supply chain. A textile product | | | | fiber is a little more questionable. The conversation |
| carrying the GOTS label grade 'organic' must contain | | | | process from plant to yarn is either mechanical or |
| a minimum of 95% certified organic fibers whereas a | | | | chemical. Mechanical manufacturing changes bamboo's |
| product with the label grade 'made with organic' must | | | | form to a linen bamboo, but tends to be very costly. |
| contain a minimum of 70% certified organic fibers. | | | | The chemical manufacturing process yields bamboo |
| Why is this important? According to the Organic | | | | rayon which is generally found in clothing. It is the |
| Trade Association, conventionally grown cotton | | | | chemical manufacturing process that still needs work |
| accounts for up to 10% of the world's pesticides and | | | | to be a safe alternative to organic cotton. For baby, |
| 25% of all insecticides used to grow crops. The | | | | my vote is still on certified organic cotton fabric. |
| pesticides used, cyanide, dicofol, naled, propargite and | | | | |