Cotton
Soon, we may avoid using toxic, chemical dyes for textiles, thanks to a scientific breakthrough that allows cotton to grow naturally in different colours. According to Trusted Clothes, 10-15% of dyes are released into the environment during the dyeing process, causing 40,000 to 50,000 tons of annual chemical pollution by the global textile industry. Now the Australian science organisation CSIRO has discovered that adding certain genes can produce yellow, orange and purple cotton. Surely this is an example of using genetic modification for a better, more sustainable solution. Isn’t it time that our views on GMOs became more nuanced?
— Wayne Visser
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