Why Cotton is the “Dirtiest Crop on Earth”
<p>Cotton is terrible for the environment and you can’t escape it. <a href="https://sewport.com/fabrics-directory/cotton-fabric#" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">An estimated 75%</a> of clothing world wide uses some amount of cotton, but its not just clothes. Products including rope, U.S. currency, paper, cooking oil, animal feed, packaging, and biofuels <a href="https://thefabricofourlives.com/the-benefits-of-cotton#" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">all include cotton</a>. Its ubiquity becomes a going concern when considering the devastating environmental impact cotton has. To understand how bad cotton is for the environment, its impacts can be segmented into three parts: pesticides, water usage, and soil degradation. All of which will demonstrate how cotton came to be known as the “dirtiest crop on earth”.</p>
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