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Ethicbaby would like to welcome PARADE
organic cotton kids and baby clothing as a new supplier. Parade
offers sweet styles and the cutest designs, whether your little
one is a “sweetpea” a “peanut” or a “monkey”,
we have the clothes for you. Check out their funky designs! We
have added new designs and clothes to our line. They offer clothing
for infants, toddlers and children.
Stay tuned for yet ANOTHER new line of organic cotton
baby and children's clothes – new nightgowns will finally
be here and great new baseball tees, dresses and kimono style
clothes.
Ethicbaby
is #1 for natural baby products in Google (This is
Jeff's big win for the month!)
Bamboobaby
gear – we've expanded our color selection - new colors
in now! Check it
out.
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Why Natural Clothing Rocks!
Who doesn't like shopping for their little one?
The clothes are just tooooo cute! But, have you ever stopped to
consider what goes into making conventional clothing, bedding
and other linens? Let's consider cotton for starters as it is
the most widely used textile for clothing and linens. It's also
something we all consider to be a “natural fibre.”
Did you know that cotton is the most heavily sprayed crop in the
world? Over a quarter of the pesticides used worldwide are sprayed
onto the clothes we and our children wear and the bedding we sleep
in. Yikes! Around 150 grams of pesticides are used to grow the
cotton for one T-shirt – the equivalent of one cup of sugar.
Now let's take a closer look at the lifecycle of the conventional
cotton crop…here's a few key points.
1. Seedlings are planted in the ground, which is already saturated
with toxins and 70% of US-grown cotton uses GMO seeds.
2. As the crop grows, it is sprayed with a multitude of chemicals,
fertilizers, pesticides… (to help it grow and keep the bugs
at bay). It also requires intensive irrigation.
3. To make mechanical harvesting easier, the leaves need to be
removed from the plant first. Ahh….. another chemical, this
time a "defoliant" to make the leaves drop off.
4. Finally the cotton buds make it into the manufacturing plant
where they are again treated with a cocktail of other toxic substances.
At any stage in the process the cotton may be bleached with harmful
chlorine and then dyed to make it a beautiful, vibrant colour.
However many of these dyes contain heavy metals and other chemicals
that can make people ill (sadly, think about the farmers and their
babies!).
5. All these toxins that were used in the production of clothes
remain in the fibres and cannot be washed out! Tests after multiple
washings still test positive for chemicals.
So, who cares?
Chemicals are easily absorbed into the skin as it is our largest
organ. Babies are at even greater risk than adults as their skin
is 5 times thinner than our own, allowing toxins to penetrate
the skin much more easily.
We believe it is especially important that baby clothes and bedding
are free from toxic residues and that is why we take special care
to bring you products that are certified organic.
That touches on the impact clothing production has on the health
of the earth, the farmers planting the crops and the environment,
now what about the health of those making the garments. It is
just too easy to disconnect ourselves from a product's source
when we are out buying. Most of us have heard about some of the
well known stores (not
mentioning any names), that have poor labour practices in
overseas factories, but it's easy to turn a blind eye when the
store has something you really want, or is a great price or would
look soooo cute.
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Resources
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great links:
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Responsible Shopper
Corporation
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Happy Father's Day!
To all those new or expecting dads, a very happy
and healthy greeting from us to you! While the little one brings
bundles of sleepless nights, their is nothing more precious than
getting a hug on Father's day and seeing your little one's beautiful
face light up at the sound of your voice. Lucky for me, Trinity
is at the "dada" phase, so it was quite appropriate
that she also spent father's day talking a blue streak about not
other than "da da!".
The irony of Father's day is that dad's (or the
ones I know) spend the day being thankful for their children!
As this newsletter goes out to folks across the
Globe, I'll say have a great summer those in the North, and enjoy
the winter downunder!
Jeff
- Trinity's proud dad
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we would love to hear for you. Drop us an email at info@ethicbaby.com.
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