Cotton is the most heavily sprayed crop in the world

• 5% of the world’s agricultural land is used for farming cotton
• conventionally grown cotton consumes 25% of the insecticides and more than 10% of the world’s pesticides
  http://www.organicexchange.org/index.htm

Today only 0.15% of the world's cotton is guaranteed to be pesticide free

• “this means that the majority of the cotton we wear is likely to have contributed to the poisoning of lives and the environment in some of the most vulnerable communities”
• "If the fashion industry is truly concerned about its impact in this world, then it needs to clean up its act and demand organic cotton."

  Linda Craig, director of Pesticide Action Network (PAN) UK http://www.panuk.org/Projects/Cotton/Resources/index.html

“By supporting organic agriculture, we can:

• eliminate the use of toxic pesticides and fertilisers
• reduce the use of water due to soil building practices
• increase the number of beneficial insects and wildlife, all while protecting the health of farmers and communities” 

LaRhea Pepper, Executive Director of the Organic Exchange
http://www.organicexchange.org/Documents/Oct31press.pdf