Cotton requires vast amounts of pesticide, fertiliser, irrigated water and cheap labour – even the organic variety is water intensive. It uses around 20% of the world’s insecticides and 10% of the pesticides. It takes roughly one-third of a pound of chemicals (pesticides and fertilizers) to grow enough cotton for just one T-shirt So get a bamboo T shirt from Bamboo-textiles ltd
21st April 2012, 21:21