"Only 25% of the breathable polyester and cotton mix touches your skin, " he explains.

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Often the better environmental decision is not to choose a natural or organic path, as one would expect, but to go synthetic--like choosing polyester clothes over cotton.

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Children need to be shielded from inaccuracies emblazoned on casual attire, because little kids always believe what adults tell them, even if the information is communicated via a cotton-polyester mix.

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It's made by wrapping plastic from recycled bottles around a polyester fiber and swaddling it all in cotton.

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Cotton clothing also requires more energy to maintain than polyester, since the synthetic fabric can be washed at a lower temperature, can hang to dry and doesn't need ironing.

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