Would you work for $1 a day? No, we didn't think so. We wouldn't, either. That's why we could never bring ourselves to get excited about the profit opportunity of producing our products in low-wage countries where workers are taken advantage of.
At Rawganique.com, we make clothing, footwear, and home products that are as pure as possible. To that end, we do as much as possible (which is close to everything) in-house so that we can control the conditions and purity of the products we make. It's always been this way since our beginning in 1997.
Flax is the strongest vegetable fiber known, next to hemp in strength and durability. Clothing of flax is extremely durable and ages well.
Flax thrives in poor soil and requires little or no irrigation. It is very easy to grow, but harvesting and extracting the fiber and making yarn for weaving is still best done manually, unlike cotton where machines replaced most manual labor.Â
Why organic cotton? | Organic cotton Uses, Facts, Information
Conventional Non-Organic Green Cotton:
Conventional cotton underwear is processed with chlorine bleach. Hydrogen Peroxide and formaldehyde is also applied in the processing of the fabrics.
Dioxin is a carcinogen that is derived from chlorine bleach and is responsible for hormone disruption.
The dyeing process of conventional cotton fabrics uses heavy metals that are harmful carcinogens.
Conventional cotton production accounts for more than 10 percent of pesticide used and nearly 23 percent of agricultural insecticide sales.
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