Pesticide-laden foods are not the only thing wrong here. Take a look at your clothing. One T-shirt made from conventional cotton requires 1/3 pound of harmful chemicals, including pesticides. One-third of a pound! Now imagine wearing those chemicals around all day, dressing your children in them, going to sleep in them at night… Not such a pretty thought, huh?
I’m not saying to trash everything in your closet and only wear organic cotton clothes. In an ideal world, maybe, but that would be pretty hard to do, actually. Conventional cotton is by far more readily available to us than organic. But maybe it’s time for all of us to start making some small changes in what we buy, all around. The more demand there is for organic food and cotton, the more available they will be - period.