How To Choose Clothing From Fabrics Made Without Toxic Chemicals

When you bring a child into the world, one of the first things you think about is the need to protect them. You immediately want to keep them safe from all harm, including things that you have little control over, like germs and diseases.  Many times, we take things for granted and believe that they’re harmless when they may not be. Take baby clothing, for example. It’s easy to snatch a cute little layette set off the racks in your local department store and comment on how adorable it is and how perfect it will look on your child. However, did you realize that many pieces of clothing are actually made using chemicals, and thus may contain chemicals in them?

Chemical Clothing

You’d never let your child get into your cleaning supplies, and you’d never want them around anything toxic, yet we are the first people to put cute clothing on them without even realizing that clothing may have something held within its fibers that could be potentially harmful to your child. Clothing that we put on them may actually do more harm than we ever believed. How do chemicals get in clothing? There are a few different ways, and it all starts with how the clothing is made.

If, for instance, you’re purchasing cotton clothing, then there’s a chance that chemicals got into the cotton itself. Cotton farmers are always trying to get the most out of their crops, which means that they often find that they need a bit of help in doing so. In order to get the most out of their crops, they put on fertilizers and pesticides, all of which contain chemicals onto the growing cotton plants.  Where do you think these chemicals go? Directly into the cotton itself.  Then, there is also the factory that turned the cotton into the fabric, and another company that turned the fabric into clothing. The list of potential contributors to a toxic garment goes on and on. That’s why, if you wear cotton, you may be wearing something that has chemicals in it. This is not only true for cotton, but also for fabrics like rayon, nylon, and polyester as well.

What To Do

You’ve decided that you don’t want to put clothing on your child that could contain chemicals, so how do you go about getting clothing that doesn’t have chemicals in it? The easiest way is to do some research about organic clothing. Organic clothing is clothing that is made without any chemicals at all, which means that it is much safer to wear. If you purchase organic cotton outfits for your baby, for instance, you’ll be buying something that is made with cotton that has been grown using absolutely no chemicals. This means that any fertilizer they use has no chemicals in it, and any pesticide they use has no chemicals in it either. The clothing is made in such a way that no chemicals are used to make any part of it, which makes it safe to wear and extremely eco-friendly.

There are also other types of fabric that you can purchase for your baby which is ideal for them to wear and has no chemicals, such as wool. Wool comes from sheep and is repeatedly cut from them, which means that it is a renewable resource. It requires fewer chemicals to get the wool dyed to the right color than cotton does, and it can be very comfortable for a child’s skin, as it is very breathable. If you’re planning on buying wool products, however, make sure that you buy wool products that are made organically, so that the sheep are treated the right way and are not harmed during the shearing process.

Can you go to a store and purchase the clothing in the store without worrying? That depends on the type of store. If you want to purchase clothing that has no chemicals in it for your child, the word that you need to look for is “organic.” If something says that it is organic, this means that it has met the requirements that the government has set for something to be listed as organic.  These requirements are very strict, so you can know, for certain, if something says that it is organic that it definitely is.  You can also purchase your baby clothing online, from a store that sells nothing but organic baby items. There are a number of these types of stores online, and they can make it easy for you to get access to organic baby wear, especially if you live in a rural area and don’t have access to a large variety of stores. Buying organic baby clothing is definitely a great way to keep your baby’s skin and body safe from harm and also to help the environment.