More than 85% of the world’s clothing is made from cotton. In the United States alone, we use approximately 600 thousand tons of pesticides and chemical fertilizers on cotton fields each season!! In fact, 25% of all chemical pesticides used world wide are used on cotton crops. Did you know it takes about 1 pound of chemical pesticides to grow enough cotton for just one t-shirt?

We all wear cotton in some form. When we get hot, the pores on our skin open to allow our bodies
to sweat and cool off. But in doing so, these open pores also allow us to absorb things back in. Kind of
makes you wonder what’s in our clothes…and what might be getting back into our bodies, doesn’t it?

Consumer demand for organic cotton currently stands just shy of $1 billion, showing that organic
cotton offers a really strong economic option. Currently demand outstrips supply but this will
change as farmers see they can still grow crops without chemical pesticides and be competitive.

There is a great selection of organic clothing to work out in, so run in Fearlessporst.