The ear canal leads to a number of sensitive bones and organs which can be harmed by interference, Anti-sugar messages make unhealthy food 'enticing', study finds, 'Frying vegetables healthier than boiling them', study finds, Healthy food doesn't exist - according to experts, 17 'healthy habits' you're better off giving up, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. It contains three different insecticidal proteins (cry1Ac, cry2Ab and vip3A). Thanks for your comment and voicing your opinion and saying the facts.

The crop in question is Bt cotton, genetically modified to produce its own insecticide. 0000005864 00000 n So organic cotton isn’t just better for the health of the people growing it, it’s also considerably better for you to wear, too! Educate yourself before you write about something you have no clue about! We are the only ones that can stop their control. Compared to other common clothing fibres such as synthetic polyester and semi-synthetic rayon and bamboo, cotton has the advantage of being a completely natural product that doesn’t require an intensive chemical process in order to be transformed into fabric. Cotton is in your bed sheets, towels, and even in those cotton balls and swabs that you use in your bathroom. They say, rather unambiguously, "Do not insert swab into ear canal. Nor does Unilever, which now owns Q-tips, attribute the shift to anything in particular. %PDF-1.5 %���� In addition to all this, despite the fact that Bt cotton is supposed to prevent pests, reports have indicated that it may not be all it’s cracked up to be. The Government has pledged to review tens of thousands of cases where women have been given harmful vaginal mesh implants. New findings in India's Bt cotton controversy: Good for the field, bad for the farm? Today, the warnings are even more explicit. But doctors don't need a government database to know that cotton swabs are a problem. These include Fairtrade, Global Organic Textile Standard, and the Better Cotton Initiative. 0000001820 00000 n In another, a consumer complained that the cotton had separated from the stem. Its all about money and power. The problem, of course, is that people do. Due to the genetically modified cotton containing the Bt bacterium, it meant that the plant is sterile by design and can’t be reproduced. The companies, known as The Better Cotton Initiative, include Tesco, Sainsbury’s, H&M, Adidas, M&S, and Nike. Bt cotton was developed using the common soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). The cigarette analogy is an apt one. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Alternative Energy & Environmental Issues, reported earlier this year from Natural News, http://www.terryseyeongreenmag.blogspot.com/, https://web.archive.org/web/20170921193303/https://www.organicconsumers.org/old_articles/clothes/hazards012405.php, “GMO Cotton — The Ugly Facts!” | RussBianchi.com, 5 of the Most Crucial Elements to Keeping Your Bathroom Green, Going Green For Natural Feminine Products, RussBianchi.com » Blog Archive » “GMO Cotton — The Ugly Facts!”, Three Tips to Rebuild Your Vineyard after Organic Certification, The Future Of Deathcare: Why Human Composting Could Be The Norm, Plastic Water Bottles: Facts About Pollution & the Harm Worldwide, 7 Most Elegant Decor Ideas for your Living Room, healthy and natural alternative solutions, HOME REMEDY, GOING GREEN, ORGANIC, NATURAL REMEDY, GARDENING. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. It is also very expensive to safely dispose of the hazardous chemicals often used in fabric dying. The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has more than 100 officials investigating the cause of the mystery illness, and has warned citizens against smoking e-cigarette products until more is known, particularly if modified or bought “off the street”, Researchers in the US claim to have overcome one of the major hurdles to cultivating human follicles from stem cells. Lugging around a bulky bottle of Chanel No 5 in a teeny clutch can be such a slog. 0000151026 00000 n

Part of genetically modified in putting pesticides in the seeds of plants. 941 0 obj <> endobj xref 941 57 0000000016 00000 n Another way water gets polluted along the way is the use of chemicals in the production and dyeing process. Cotton requires a lot of water but is mostly grown in arid conditions. This has pushed some farmers into drastic situations. And less pesticides = better for the environment, better for the farmers’ health, better for you! Hi Emily, Thanks so much for reading my article and commenting. The more you use them, the more your ears itch; and the more your ears itch, the more you use them. Using them leads to what dermatologists refer to as the itch-scratch cycle, a self-perpetuating addiction of sorts. In his paper, Stone compares village yields in 2003 and 2007, which conveniently had very similar levels of rainfall. "Conditions in the cotton fields change quickly. Barbara Kahn, who teaches marketing at the Wharton School of Business, said it's particularly difficult to change how people perceive Q-tips because they are such a historic brand. But one thing didn't: the absence of a warning. The study, conducted by the Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at Mount Sinai, found that these children are actually more advanced than their peers as infants, but then fall behind by the time they hit their teenage years. The rash you get is surely letting you know that all those chemicals – pesticides and such are so unhealthy and dangerous. "Any ear, nose and throat doctor in the world will tell you they see these all the time. Cry toxins in their many forms have become the most common insect-kill-ing trait engineered into plants to create insect-re-sistant (or pest-protected) crops.