So you can imagine the milking cows having to eat the seed and forget whats
happened to the milk.  I can't understand why we have to mess up the food
chain........  Oliva

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From: b2black <[log in to unmask]>


>Oliva wrote:
>>
>> Are you kidding?!   The damned fig leaf is probably toxic.  LOL!!!  Maybe
>> I'll farm silk worms......    Oliva
>
>At least the pesticides usually wash out when the cotton is processed,
>not so with the seeds, they are pressed for the oil. You don't see
>cottonseed oil on the shelf, its always blended with other oils and used
>primarily in processed food. Usually the label reads and/or so you can't
>be sure what you are getting.
>
>Helen
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: KATHRYN P ROSENTHAL <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>> >For sure.  About 100% cotton clothes:  I too try to wear "natural"
>> >materials, but had a shock when I began visiting Southern New Mexico.
>> >
>> >Due to the huge bol weavil (sp?) problem in the cotton fields, the
>> >cotton is regularly sprayed with toxic chemicals.
>>
>> >
>> >Back to the fig leaf...or whatever.
>> >Kath