"Though cotton uses only 3% of the world's cultivated land, it requires the use of 25% of all agricultural chemicals, including fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides. These chemicals runoff into waterways creating "dead zones" in lakes and streams, and can leach into ground water causing "blue baby syndrome" in infants (most common in developing countries).
Cancer-causing chemicals.
Seven of the top fifteen pesticides used to grow cotton are considered human carcinogens, posing health risks to you and your family, as well as to those workers who cultivate and harvest cotton crops."


The things we don't think of.

Oh gosh...I just had to finish reading the article....

"Dye resistance.
Since cotton is resistant to dyes, nearly half the colour-altering chemicals applied to it end up as waste in rivers and soil.
Convenience features?
Cotton fabric products are often sprayed with a wrinkle-resistant chemical finish (most likely formaldehyde, a suspected carcinogen) which can off-gas, causing unpleasant health problems.
Unnatural fibres.
Fabrics made of polyester, acrylic, and other synthetic fibres are usually composed of petroleum by-products - a non-renewable resource. Because of their lung-damaging pollutants released during production, such as carbon monoxide, heavy metals, nitrogen and sulfur oxides, and particulates, those working to produce these materials often suffer with health problems."

Looks like we should all run around naked!

.....we'll all have to grow more body hair then....

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Originally posted by Custodial Dad of 3:
Looks like we should all run around naked!

LMAO! good idea

goodness Miranda, where do you get such things. We may as well hinder the production of oil because when burned by vehicles it pollutes the environment and produces carbon monoxide that can slowly kill us. So let's stop oil production and just use our feet to travel!!

...duh..

we should just all dress in fur and leathers....

with all the cows we take for food there is plenty of skin to go around......

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Originally posted by binarian:
.....we'll all have to grow more body hair then....

ewwwww . . . body hair is icky! lol
I prefer clean naked. hehe or dirty naked depending on how you look at it. haha

okay . . . my gutter mind needs to find a new home now. . .

the dirt keeps you warmer I suppose

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Originally posted by binarian:
the dirt keeps you warmer I suppose

LMAO I'm not sure what to say cause I will get in trouble here so I'm just gonna back away from the keyboard now . . .

as should i

You know they now make clothing, flooring and houses out of bamboo now. And they are starting to grow it in the US because the shipping across seas is too much on the environment. So pretty soon we will start to find bamboo clothing, which holds color stain very well and is durable.

huh . . . i forgot about that. Cork flooring is good for rec rooms. and is softer on kids heads when they fall down. lol

Well it's always something...

They're now saying saliva cause cancer too...
But only swallowed in small amounts over an extended period of time...

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Originally posted by HannahsBoy:
Well it's always something...

They're now saying saliva cause cancer too...
But only swallowed in small amounts over an extended period of time...

ROFLMAO I'm not even going here cause all I'm gonna do is bring this down further . . .

oh heck . . . so if you swallow something white and slimey will that cause cancer too?

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so if you swallow something white and slimey will that cause cancer too?

You're not on Kimo yet are you..??

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i haven't swallowed anything meeting that description.

And you wonder why you don't past the first date....??

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Too Late now.....
Is this like...the jury will disregard the last statement...yeah right..

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Originally posted by HannahsBoy:
And you wonder why you don't past the first date....??

So what you are saying is that if I don't put out on a first date then I don't get another one? That's cheap! If I was dating that kind of person, then he's obviously too shallow to have a real relationship with anyway. So it would be no loss to me.

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So what you are saying is that if I don't put out on a first date then I don't get another one? That's cheap! If I was dating that kind of person, then he's obviously too shallow to have a real relationship with anyway. So it would be no loss to me.

I didn't say anything...my computer was hacked by someone in Nigeria.....

geez....you don't have to get all serious about it....sorry I dropped by...

no prob. just sayin . . .