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How many non-organic t-shirts do you have in your closet? It takes
1/3rd pound of pesticides and synthetic fertilizers to produce enough cotton for one t-shirt. That means if you own 12 t-shirts, you have about a 2L pop bottle of harmful chemicals in your wardrobe!
Sustainable Cotton Project - www.sustainablecotton.org
Globally, the total quantity of pesticides used to grow conventional cotton per year (230,000 tonnes) is equal to approximately the weight of 11,500 blue whales.
National Geographic - www.nationalgeographic.com
On a global scale there are 9 million acres of cotton (equivalent to all of the Great Lakes combined) but of that less than 1% organic cotton is grown.
California Farmer - www.californiafarmer.com
Both India and Uzbekistan have an estimated 600,000 children working in their cotton fields. That means we could fill a football stadium* close to 9 times with that many people!
Thaindian News - www.thaindian.com
Amnesty International - www.amnesty.org
*Based on an average of 70,000 capacity |
