Toxic Textiles?

A very thought provoking story on how pesticides are affecting our lives. Used very widely in cotton cultivation in India and other cotton producing countries, the pesticides today are not just a problem of the people who use them in farming. They have become a big concern for people who are exposed to them later while weaving, or making them into products or even using them.

see the video here

The Hindu, India's leading daily wrote a story here

Some excerpts:

"You see, if a person handles even a beedi without properly sanitising his hands after a spray session is liable to develop acute poisoning symptoms,”

The normal practice for farmers is to consume alcohol soon after returning from the fields.The giddiness and uneasiness caused due to exposure to the poisonous vapours goes away after a few drinks