The first question that people ask about organic baby clothes is why should I buy organic? There can be many different reasons, but the first is maybe I want to protect by baby in every way possible.
The main fiber in most baby clothes is cotton. How cotton is grown is important because chemicals that are used on cotton plants stay in the cotton all the way to the finished garment. Chemicals that are used in growing and manufacturing cotton clothing are petroleum based and do not wash out.
Five pesticides that are commonly used on cotton plants and in fabricating are cancer causing. They are: cyanazine, dicofol, naled, progargite, and trifuralin. Also in manufacturing baby clothes the manufacturer will use dyes. Dyes can cause serious allergic reactions and side effects. For organic baby clothes, the manufacturer will have used dyes that a natural product. True organic baby clothes will be certified by an independent firm. Thus insuring that the clothing is organic from the farms, where the cotton is grown, to the manufacturer and the completed product.
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