The Usefulnes Of Using Organic Duvet Covers
Isn't it better to spend 1/3 of our life on a bed which is safe for our health using organic duvet covers? The raw materials of these covers mainly come from cotton all over the world especially USA, Australia, some European countries, and some developing countries. The process of producing cotton can mainly grouped into two major parts: organic and inorganic or conventional. The causes why you should go for organic duvet covers are listed into the following 4 paragraphs.
In 2010, a total of 101 million bales of cotton produced in USA leaving a great concern for humans because of the method of production. About 600,408 tons of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, fertilizers, and other such chemicals were used to produce 2.5 million tons cotton by 6 big cotton producing states of USA in 1992. The amount will be more alarming if we consider the total amount applied by other cotton producing countries of the world. Though, cotton is produced in only 2.4% cultivated lands, the use of chemicals sets on about 25%. If we use organic cotton, we can derease the production and use of toxic chemicals by 25%.
Out of total 100% pesticides used, only 10% is absorbed by plants and rest 90% go directly into the ground, air, and water. It means that if we can produce cotton organically, we will be able to stop spreading 5.4 million tons chemicals into the air, water, and soil each year. The effect would be loss of soil fertility, reducetion of biodiversity, and the increased presence of toxic materials in the environment. It is our decision whether we will use organic duvet covers or not.
A significant amount of harmful chemicals, applied earlier, remain in the cotton and have to be removed before making a final product. But this removal is completed by another chemical treatment with the assistance of some heavy metals and toxic astringents which contributes more chemicals into the cotton. Our skin is very sensitivee to chemicals because these penetrate into our blood through pores if we place it on or next to the skin. Now you may think what the chemicals will do with you if you are sleeping without organic duvet covers.
The most of the peasants of cotton producing countries follow a manual process, so they are directly exposed to the toxic materials. "More than a million people a year in developing world are suffering from mild to severe poisoning from exposure to pesticides on cotton" and this is the result of a recent study by a famous organization. Now it is your decision whether you will buy organic cloths like organic duvet covers or contribute more to environmental pollution.
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