Miss-harvests caused by gen-manipulated cotton and the increased prices for cotton seeds and pesticides have forced thousands of small Indian farmers into suicide. The first insects immune to the manipulations were found and entirely new diseases were detected on the manipulated plants…

Nowerdays  the worldwide distribution of the production steps can cause trips of  50.000 km for one single peace of garment before getting to the consumer.

For each single production step clothes from conventional production are shipped between the poorest countries of our planet were there are produced under unhuman  working conditions. Only 0,5 until 1 percent of the price of a garment goes into salaries for the-workers.

Cotton production consumes 300 Billion liters of water yearly. That is four times the basic need of water of the world population.

Each Saison, the cotton crop is sprayed up to 25 times with pestizides.

About 10.000 people die each year from consequences of incidents with pesticides in cotton cultivation.

About 40% of the cotton fiber is already produced from genetically transformed cotton plants.

Pure convencional cotton consists up to one quarter of its weight in chemicals that are used in the cultivation and the production process.

Cotton is one of the most delicate crops that is produced. An incredible amount of toxic chemicals are used to produce a cotton garment. These toxics are causing the death of thousands of people each year, are polluting soil, water and air and are partly staying in the fabrics even after washing, causing allergies and health problems to its wearers.