| Global warming is a hot-button issue and it has been | | | | source of greenhouse gases. |
| for some time now. Though we cannot solve this | | | | The benefits of choosing organic clothing for your |
| overnight, there is something we all can do, as | | | | children are twofold. The first benefit is |
| parents, that can have a major impact on our natural | | | | environmental. Using sustainable methods to cultivate |
| resources: buy organic clothes for your children. It is a | | | | cotton does not do irreversible harm to the |
| seemingly insignificant act however it does have | | | | eco-system. The methods used actually help replenish |
| substantial beneficial effects on the environment and | | | | the soil to maintain its fertility. The pesticides that are |
| to your children's health. | | | | used in conventionally grown cotton and the harmful |
| Cotton takes up only 2.4 percent of the world's | | | | effects they have on the environment are |
| farmland however it uses 25 percent of the world's | | | | non-existent with organically grown cotton. If you are |
| pesticides to cultivate the crop according to Organic | | | | an environmentally conscious parent, organic cotton |
| Exchange. Conventionally grown cotton uses | | | | clothing is the best option for you and your children. |
| disproportionally large amounts of chemicals, the | | | | Another benefit is the health of your child. A child's |
| World Health Organization designates approximately | | | | skin, especially a baby's skin, is much thinner and |
| half of the chemicals it uses as "hazardous." Not only | | | | much more sensitive to the harmful substances in the |
| that, according to the Environmental Justice | | | | environment. The pesticides used in conventionally |
| Foundation, just one teaspoon of the number two | | | | grown cotton can have negative effects on your |
| pesticide used in cotton production, Aldicarb, has the | | | | child's health. Your child's body may not be able to |
| potential to kill an adult. | | | | effectively fight the toxins used to create the |
| These toxic chemicals indirectly harm the | | | | clothes he or she wears. This is not meant to |
| environment as well as your own health as it can | | | | frighten parents in anyway but rather something to |
| seep into lakes, streams, rivers, oceans, and | | | | think about the next time you shop for clothes for |
| rainwater. These pesticides are also a huge factor in | | | | your children. |
| contributing to global warming as they are a major | | | | |