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Organic clothing certified to accredited standards helps ensure natural fibers are sustainably grown and ensures that manufacturing and processing has been done in an environmentally friendly manner.

There are many problems associated with traditional textile dyeing methods. To begin with, most fibers are bleached with chlorine. When released into local water systems, chlorine combines with organic matter to form trihalomethanes (THMs), a class of carcinogenic compounds that are incredibly dangerous to humans and wildlife alike.

Once the textiles have been bleached, they are subjected to chemical dyeing systems with synthetic dyes. These conventional dyes are often synthesized in the laboratory using heavy metals and other harmful chemicals that are dangerous to those who create the textiles and also to the environment when they leave the plant. They can also present health risks to the wearer of the garment.

Of particular concern are azo dyes, which are used to give some garments their vibrant yellow, red and orange colors, which have been linked to cancer. With names like “D&C Red 33” or “Sunset Yellow FCF,” these potentially carcinogenic dyes can also be found in foods.

Despite the fact that these killing techniques are so detrimental to human and environmental health, many developing countries lack the regulations that would protect against their use. And since the vast majority of clothing sold is made in developing countries where there are no environmental laws, this is an important factor to consider.

Fortunately, organic clothing offers a solution.

The source of contamination by textile dyes comes in three forms:

– Chemicals used to add color to fabrics,

– Methods used to fix these dyes to fabrics,

– How wastewater is disposed of once the fabrics have been dyed.

For a garment to be certified organic, it must be processed through these three phases without the use of synthetic chemicals (or only with synthetic chemicals that meet strict health and ecological standards).

One of the easiest ways to avoid dyes is to look for colored hemp. Different processes are used to create hemp fibers suitable for clothing, some of which will retain the natural color of the fibers: white, gray, green, brown or black. When a garment is made with the natural color of the original hemp plant, it is sometimes called colored hemp clothing.

But regardless of whether or not you get a garment of cultivated color, certified organic clothing offers the following guarantees that you would never get with conventional clothing:

– Fabrics would be bleached with hydrogen peroxide, an extremely benign oxidant compared to chlorine.

– Natural dyes are used, created from terrestrial sources such as earth clays and plant extracts.

– Only low impact and fiber reactive dyes, water soluble dyes are allowed

– Heavy metal free dyes

By choosing certified organic clothing made from materials like hemp or organic cotton, you have peace of mind knowing that your clothing has been produced in an environmentally friendly way and is as healthy for you as it is for the planet.

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