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