Factoid/2006/04/25
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17 Teaspoons of Chemicals for 1 Non-Organic, Cotton T-Shirt
- "... it takes loads of chemicals to grow cotton: 24 per cent of all insecticides and 11 per cent of all pesticides used in the world go on cotton fields. That is 17 teaspoons of chemicals for one T-shirt. They are highly toxic to farmers, pollute soils and rivers and end up in the ocean." - excerpt from the PocketLint.co.uk article.
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