Why choose Organic?
Baby’s skin
Cotton is a natural fiber that is extremely soft, breathable and wicks moisture away from skin, making it the perfect choice for dressing babies. However, with a highly absorptive skin, immature drug metabolism and drug detoxification system, infants are susceptible to percutaneous toxicity. It is therefore important to ensure that anything that touches your baby's skin is free of chemicals.
Source: https://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/743529
Conventional Cotton
Conventional cotton is notorious for being one of the world’s most chemical intense crops. In fact, it ranks as the third largest user of pesticides in the United States* , using pesticides that include organophosphates, pyrethroids, and neonicotinoids, which have been associated with harmful impacts on our health and environment.
Glyphosate - the active ingredient in the popular herbicide “Roundup®, and categorized as a “probable carcinogen” by the World Health Organization * made up more than 1/3 of all pesticide use on cotton in 2019.
The good news is that all these chemicals are banned from use in the cultivation and processing of organic cotton if the product is certified to GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard).
*Source:
https://www.organic-center.org/chemical-use-conventional-cotton
https://www.iarc.who.int/featured-news/media-centre-iarc-news-glyphosate/
https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2015/roundup-ready-crops/
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/Chemical_Use/
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(15)70134-8/abstract
Why CuddleFields?
All our products are certified to the strictest global GOTS standards. This means limiting the use of harmful dyes, bleaches, and other chemicals during the entire production process, from seed to shelf.
We make a conscious effort to partner with only verified stakeholders who meet the same strict GOTS global standards, across our entire supply chain.
Lovingly nurtured on healthy farms, the cotton bolls are carefully harvested to strict GOTS standards, hygienically spun into yarn, brilliantly colored with low-impact safe dyes, expertly woven into fabrics, and affectionately embellished and sewn into heirloom quality pieces.
But we don’t stop there.
To take it one step further, we get all our products clear an extremely stringent CPSIA* testing regimen. This ensures there are no hazardous materials still lurking in any of our finished products.
*The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
And finally, the embroidery thread we use for personalization/ monogramming is made from an innovative fiber of 100% botanic origin.
Our passion to create safe and adorable baby apparel clearly reflects in our designs.
We take great pride in each and every item that we sell. The final product is a collective expression of a team effort that spans across the globe.
So with peace of mind, go right ahead, dress them up cute and get ready to enjoy the purest form of cuddles.
