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Baby Clothes – Why Organic Is Better For Your Baby

April 28th, 2009 by

Many of us know of the ecological impact of producing non organic cotton baby clothes (where cotton crops account for 25% of the worlds pesticides and 10% of the worlds insecticides each year). The question we hear often is are there really any actual health benefits for buying organic baby clothes.

And the answer is Yes, organic baby clothes are better for your baby!

Your baby’s skin is more porous and thinner then an adults. Also, with such a smaller body and developing organs even a small minute of toxins will cause much more overall harm then it would for an adult.  Baby skin is also more susceptible to bacteria and harmful substances in the environment and in clothing, which is why baby skin becomes irritated so easily.

So this all means that our kids have a much higher risk of getting pesticide or toxic related health issues then grown ups from our clothes. Some recent studies suggest that most kids receive 35% of their estimated lifetime dose of toxins and carcinogenic pesticides by the time they are five years old through food, drinking water, household products, and pesticide drift.

Traditional baby clothes made with cotton  fiber are manufactured with bleaching, dying, scouring, softeners, formaldehyde spraying, and  flame redardent spray, before it is even shipped to be adjusted for patterns. Many of these chemicals do not come out after many washes.

So yes true organic baby clothes grown from organic cotton and manufactured without bleaches, dyes, toxic softerners, and all the other traditional toxins are better for your babies health.

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