Textiles

Tons and tons of textiles or clothing end up in the land fill each year. We should try to recycle our clothing. Also, in the production of textiles many types of toxic chemicals are used which probably end up in our ground water.

When toxic chemicals are used to make clothing, some of these chemicals stay in the clothing. So when we and our children wear these synthetic clothes, do the chemicals have an effect on us?

A lot of our clothing being made uses a formaldehyde finish. Especially in baby clothing and sleep wear. The formaldehyde gives us our permanent press and is also used as a flame retardant. Formaldehyde can cause headaches and respiratory problems, especially in babies.

So our children are playing with toys that have lead in them, and wearing clothes with formaldehyde in them.