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gani
cCot
ton
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ntroducti
on:Goodmor ni
ng.WelcometoNewsFl ashonFSTV
24X7.Forav er
ylongti
me, adebatehasbeengoingonandwe
will
addressthatt
oday,wherethreenat
ural
fiber
saretr
yingt
o
provethei
rsuperi
ori
tyoverot
hers.
Letmei
nvi
tet
het
hreespeci
alguest
sandi
ntr
oducet
hem.
Cott
on:Haha!Well
hel
loever
yone,I
’mtheonewhodoesnotneed
anyi
ntr
oducti
on.Youcaneasi
lyguesswhoIam.
Li
nen: Wow,soful
l ofy
ourself
.Anyway
,letmeint
roducemy
sel
f.
I
’mlinen,t
heluxur
iousfabri
cthatt
hemightyRomansand
Egypti
ansusedtowear .
Cott
on:Howdar eyoucal
lyour
sel
fluxur
iouswhil
estandingin
fr
ontofthekingoffi
ber
s!I
’veahi
storyofathousandyearsand
I
’mimmor tal
.
OrganicCotton:Yes,t
hankstoourgreatmoi st
ureabsor
bencyand
breathabi
l
ity
, wearethetopchoiceofpeopleinsummer s.Al
so,
wear ehypoaller
geni
c,sopeoplewithsensit
iveski
ncanwearus
withoutworryi
ng.And,thati
swhyI ’
m alsousedformaking
sanitar
ynapkins,di
apersandotherproductsinmedical
indust
ry.
Li
nen:I
sthatal
l
.Ialsopossessthesameproper
ti
esbutwhat
makesmesuperiori
sthefactthatI
’
mt hr
eeti
messtr
ongerthan
you.Iret
ainheatbett
ert hanyouandt husI’
m usedextensi
vel
yi n
winter
stoo.Andbyt heway ,outerbeautymatterst
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m soft,
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ustrousandsilkyonhand.Theki ndofcomf ortandoveral
l
experi
enceIprovidei
st hebest.Duetoal lt
hesequali
ti
es,I
’m al
so
usedasbat htowels,
blanketsandbeddi ngsothert
hangarment s.
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mymar ketshar
ei ssti
l
lhigherthan
mostoft henat uralfi
berscombined.Notjusttexti
leindust
ry,
fr
om cof feefil
terstopaper,Ir
uleeverywhere.Consideri
ngallt
his,
I’
m stil
lveryaffordableandeveryoneusesme, insomewayort he
other.Thisismor ethanenought oprovethatI’
mt hemost
preferr
edonef orpersonalori
ndustri
aluse.Andthus, I
’mtrul
ythe
ki
ngamongal lthefi
bers.
OrganicCot ton: Oh,Icansayt
hesameaboutmy self
.Ot hert
han
mar ketshar e,
I’mt hebesti
nthetruesense.Youcallyoursel
f
naturalfibersjustbecauseofthesourcebuttheprocessshould
benat uraltoo.
Li
nen:
Whatar
eyout
ryi
ngt
osay
?
Cot
ton:
What
?Youar
esay
ingt
heki
ngoff
iber
sisnotnat
ural
?
Organi
cCott
on:Oh.Ididn’
tmeant oof
fendy
ou.WhatI
’
mtal
ki
ng
abouti
stheprocessofproduct
ion.
Linen:What?Don’
tyouknowabouttheprocessofrett
ing,
which
usesbacteri
atodecomposet
hepect i
nthatbindsthefi
bers
togetheri
nordert
oloosenmyfi
bersfrom t
hest al
k?Howi si
tnot
natural
?
Organi
ccott
on:I
t’
snotjustaboutthat.I
’mtalki
ngaboutusi
ng
l
esschemical
sintheprocessstart
ingfr
om cult
ivat
iont
othe
manufact
uri
ngoftheendpr oduct
.
Cot
ton:
Cany
ouexpl
aini
tal
i
ttl
e?
Or
gani
cCot
ton:
Yes,
sur
e.Forexampl
e,t
heconv
ent
ional
met
hod
ofpr
oducti
onofcottonusesv
ari
ouschemical
sli
kef
ungi
cides,
her
bici
des,
insect
ici
desandsynt
het
icf
ert
il
izer
s.
Li
nen:
Buthowi
sthi
sabadt
hing?
OrganicCott
on:Thechemi calsthatareappli
edt ot heseedsor
theplantcanaff
ectt heenvironmentinv ar
iousway s.Theycan
seepintothesoi
l andreducei tsquali
tyandcanal socontaminate
thegroundwater.Notonl ythis,t
hesechemi calsar etoxi
ctoli
ving
beingsandcanaf fectthei
rnat ur
alhabit
atadv ersely.
Cotton:
Butwhati
stheadv
antageifhal
fthepr
oduceget
swast
ed
becauseofani
nsectl
i
kecornearworm?
Or
gani
cCot
ton:
Doest
hatr
eal
l
ymat
termor
ethanmot
herear
th?
Cott
on:Ohgod!Thi
sfeel
sli
keamaj
ori
ssue.Weshoul
dmake
peopl
eawareofthi
s.
Li
nen: Yes,It
otal
lyagr
ee.I
’
vebeenhear
ingaboutsust
ainabl
e
cl
othingrecentl
y.Ther
eisahugedemandoutther
eandi ti
s
i
ncreasingdaybyday !
OrganicCotton:Yes,exact
ly.Takemyexampl e,asof2007,my
worldwideproducti
onwasgr owingatarateofmorethan50%per
year.I
nt he2016/2017season, annual
globalpr
oducti
onreached
3.2mill
ionmet r
ictonnes.
Li
nen:
Congratul
ati
ons,myfr
iend!I
’
veal
waysbeeninspi
redbyt
he
i
deasofsust
ainabl
efashi
onandorgani
ccl
othi
ng.
OrganicCotton:Butmakesurey
ourproduct
ionpr
ocessmeet
s
cert
ainstandardsinor
dertocal
lyour
selfor
gani
c.
Cott
on:
Yes,Ir
ecentl
yheardaboutGOTS(Gl
obal
OrganicText
il
e
St
andar
dwhichistheworldwi
deleadi
ngt
ext
il
eprocessi
ng
st
andar
dforor
ganicfi
bers.
Li
nen:
Wow,
Idi
dn’
tknowt
hat
.Thanks!
Organi
cCott
on:Ever
yfi
beri
sbesti
ntheirownway.I
t’
snotabout
whoisbet
terbuthowcanwemakethingsbett
er.
Cot
ton:
Iagr
ee!
Outr
o:SoToday’
sdebateendedwit
habeautiful
andimpor
tant
message.I
’
dli
ketothankourguest
sfortaki
ngoutti
meto
pr
ovidesomuchofinf
ormationt
oourviewers.
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