Organic Cotton Clothing Hemp Clothing Tank Tops and Tee Shirts What is Organic Cotton? The following information is taken in part from www.organiccottondirectory.net Organic cotton clothing is produced in organic agricultural systems that produce food and fibre according to clearly established standards. Organic agriculture prohibits the use of toxic and persistent chemical pesticides and fertilizers, as well as genetically modified organisms. It seeks to build biologically diverse agricultural systems, replenish and maintain soil fertility, and promote a healthy environment. Soy Organic Cotton Edamame Wrap $34.00 Soy Organic Cotton Tempeh Crop Yoga Pant $44.00 More Tees and Tanks made of Organic Cotton in Our Wild Side Hemp and OG Cotton Board Short Regular price: $44.00 Our Price: $39.99 Goddess Tee $18.00, 2/$34.00 The following is excerpted from http://panna.igc.org Conventionally grown cotton uses more insecticides than any other single crop and epitomizes the worst effects of chemically dependent agriculture. Each year cotton producers around the world use nearly $2.6 billion worth of pesticides -- more than 10% of the world's pesticides and nearly 25% of the world's insecticides. Cotton growers typically use many of the most hazardous pesticides on the market including aldicarb, phorate, methamidophos and endosulfan. Cotton pesticides are often broad spectrum organophosphates--pesticides originally developed as toxic nerve agents during World War II--and carbamate pesticides. Pesticides used on cotton–even when used according to instructions–harm people, wildlife and the environment. These pesticides can poison farm workers, drift into neighboring communities, contaminate ground and surface water and kill beneficial insects and soil micro-organisms.