Hands-down, organic bedding is better for the planet. This is especially true when you compare organic bedding options like organic cotton, bamboo, and wool, to conventional wool production. There are many reasons conventional cotton is detrimental to the planet:
Though cotton only uses 2.5% of the world's agricultural land, it consumes 11% of the world's pesticides and, 24% of the world's insecticides making it the dirtiest and most toxic crop humans cultivate.
Three of the most commonly used insecticides for cotton crops are considered hazardous by the World Health Organization.
Up to one-third pound of fertilizers (made from fossil fuel byproducts) is used to grow one pound of cotton, so your T-shirt is more chemical than cotton. Nitrogen-based synthetic fertilizers pollute waterways and leech nutrients from the soil.
Most cotton is farmed in developing countries where farmers use chemical fertilizers and pesticides without wearing protective clothing because of lax or non-existent safety standards.
To finish conventional cotton, hazardous chemicals like silicone waxes, toxic softeners, heavy metals, ammonia, and formaldehyde are used, many of which flow freely into streams and lakes without treatment, killing aquatic ecosystems.
By contrast, organic cotton is grown without the use of synthetic fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides. Instead, farmers who grow organic cotton use things like manure and cover crops to add nutrients, which also help to increase the biological ecosystem in soil. Finishing organic cotton is also more eco-friendly as the processing standards prohibit the use of harsh chemicals.
Despite the fact that the World Trade Organization declared US farming subsidies illegal in 2005, including those offered to cotton farmers, they continue today, causing harm to small farmers. Here's why:
Ten percent of the conventional cotton farmers in the US receive 78% of the subsidies. Some big farms receive in excess of $1 million each.
Sixty-eight percent of US non-organic cotton is then exported well below production costs.
Small-scale farmers in Africa are not able to sell their cotton at reasonable prices because of how America dumps its cotton on the market, sometimes making as little as $400 per year for their crops.
Choosing natural alternatives to conventional sleep systems by looking for organic cotton in your organic mattresses and organic bedding therefore helps small farmers, protects ecosystems, and results in a healthier finished product for you.
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