Organic Cotton Interview
What if pesticides are in our water and food? What if that effects prenatal development? <br /> <br />My guest on the show is LaRhea Pepper from textileexchange.org <br /> <br />Many people don't care about organic cotton. They don't understand why it is important. <br /> <br />If you are indifferent than let me ask you 2 questions: <br /> <br />1. Can today's pesticides be traced back to Nazi Germany? <br /> <br />2. Do you like watching kids drink water with pesticides? <br /> <br />I am not a scientist. I am also not a historian. So, I make not be 100% right about all of my accusations in this video but I do know that I am not 100% WRONG. <br /> <br />Personally, I prefer not to focus on the word "organic." In my world, a t shirt shouldn't say "organic." It should say: "pesticide free." <br /> <br />It's been said that small amounts of pesticides in our water isn't bad. Try explaining that to your cells. <br /> <br />Sure, you can survive while investing small amounts of pesticides. However, do you want to survive or do you want to thrive? <br /> <br />Your cells probably don't like small amounts of poison. In my view, we are eating small doses of poison over long periods of time. <br /> <br />I want to hook this lady up with an Epigenetic Scientist. I want to see if my suspicions are true. <br /> <br />I have a feeling that it will be shown that pesticides create negative epigenetic markers in developing fetuses. <br /> <br />As I stated earlier. I am not a scientist. I don't know if "negative" is even the right word here. <br /> <br />With that being said, I doubt that small amounts of pesticides are neutral to our system. <br /> <br />The good news is that the organic cotton industry is growing. It's around 20% of all cotton crops. I want to see 100% <br /> <br />I want to witness the development of an organic cottonseed oil industry. <br /> <br />Right now, the organic cotton seeds are fed to livestock. I want to see that continue because we do drink cow milk for example. <br /> <br />In addition to that, I'd like to see cottonseed oil go organic. You can find organic oils in health food stores. <br /> <br />Organic cottonseed oil is one of the only types of oil that I don't see. I've even seen organic coffee bean oil. <br /> <br />Today's episode is a balance of humor and sapience. LaRhea Pepper is doing amazing work. <br /> <br />It's a shame that she even needs to advocate for this. The earth has been around for billions of years. <br /> <br />Pesticides have only been around for 70 or so years. It was a phase that served us at one time. <br /> <br />Pesticides no longer serve us. I understand that it increases production but at what cost? <br /> <br />This episode will be on my iTunes podcast as well. Please share this information. <br /> <br />We need to reach the idiots that are ignorant to this. I am talking about your average person that says: "everything is bad for you" or "what's the big deal" or "it's not killing me." <br /> <br />Well, you are a grown adult that is making a choice. What about the fish that we eat? Do the fish have a choice? Do babies have a choice? <br /> <br />We don't need pesticides. We can figure other ways to increase production.