Disney Clothing: Not So Cute After All At Sprout, people ask us
all the time how much the clothing their kid wears really
matters. We have always believed it was important for developing
children, especially newborns with porous skin, to be exposed to
as few chemicals as possible. For us, that meant surrounding
babies with mostly organic cotton. However, when friends would
ask me, “I can bring Hannah something from Disneyworld, right?
Even though it’s not organic?” I would say, “Of course.”
Recently, though, we read about all of the other chemicals,
besides pesticides, that are found on printed children’s
garments, and now I am not so sure. Our friends at a wonderful
textile company O eco textiles published a blog post about a
study Greenpeace did on Disney licensed garments with printed
designs from around the world. Here are some experts from their
blog: Greenpeace – as part of their campaign to show how
dangerous chemicals are out of control, turning up in house
dust, in household products, food, rain wate