Cotton’s pesticide issue – the definition of insanity?

GLOBAL - Environmentalism was recently fingered, alongside prices, synthetic fibres and consumer trends for cotton’s declining share of the textiles industry. Is that deserved?

Industry insiders have been pointing out for years that polyester is the main determinant for price and demand. True, some environmentalists have used distorted statistics and facts about cotton, but environmentalists have also been part of the campaign to address misinformation in cotton, such as water use - in these pages and elsewhere.