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fairtrade cotton is cotton that a lot of people have worked to get to you
India is where a lot comes from.
all over Africa!
# Fairtrade cotton - is cotton that has been grown (known as seed cotton before ginning) by farming groups that have been certified by the Fairtrade Labelling Organisation (FLO) against the Fairtrade Standard for Seed Cotton - which covers environmental, social and economic aspects. # As of June 2009 certified producers (ie farmer groups) are to be found in - Cameroon, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Egypt, Peru, India and Kyrgyzstan. Graham Burden Sustainable Textile Solutions Ltd (UK)
Growing cotton uses a large amount of insecticides and pesticides. Runoff from the fields can harm the water supply. Cotton seeds are fed to cattle so it's possible to find trace amounts of chemicals in our food.
Seperated the seeds from the cotton.
No it damages it. Think about the poor sheep. What iks the relevance of sheep to cotton? And what is the evidence that cotton damages the environment?
To remove seeds from cotton leafs
It doesn't really have any impact on the environment.
No it does not have impact on the environment.
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