Sunday, November 2, 2008

Lately I've been wondering about silk, specifically tussah silk. I figured that there was a range of accuracy in terms of just how humanely it was processed, but after doing some research online and particualrly after reading this page I'm wondering if i should just switch to soy or seacell. The problem is that even these shiney new eco fibers have environmental impacts. Bamboo, for example, is not actually made of unadulturated bamboo but bamboo chemically processed into viscose according to this site. And viscose creates toxic by-products. So, so much for bamboo? Green Guide says it still creates less of an impact than, say, cotton or it's synthetic cousins because plant production requires few resources or pesticides. But it's popularity is causing farmers to create monocultures. And more research reveals a bit of a debate over whether or not fiber production is sustainable. Fortunately, unfortunately...

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