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Organic cotton sustains the health of soils,
ecosystems, and people.
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Its cultivation relies on ecological
processes and cycles, rather than artificial
inputs which can have unintended adverse
effects.
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Growing conventional cotton uses 11 times
more water than organic cotton.
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Regular cotton is grown with harmful
pesticides that leach into the environment,
while organic cotton is made using beneficial
insects.
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Organic cotton contributes less than half as
much to the world?s rising CO2 emissions as
regular cotton does.
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Conventional cotton has had a disastrous
effect on the lives of many farmers, while
organic cotton is far more ethical.
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Regular cotton can cause less-than-desirable
side effects to the skin, but organic cotton is
hypoallergenic.
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