The use of plastic bags is still bugging me. We use 1,000,000 plastic bags on this Earth every minute. According to The Earth Policy Institute, the plastic bag was invented in Sweden in 1962. The single-use plastic shopping bag was first popularized by Mobil Oil in the 1970s in an attempt to increase its market …
We’re often asked if there are traces of pesticides in conventionally grown natural fibers – because people make the assumption that if pesticides are used on the plants, then there must be residuals in the fibers. And because the chemicals used on conventional cotton crops are among the most toxic known, such as aldicarb ( …
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