{"id":137,"date":"2010-03-12T17:17:19","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T17:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cottonroots.co.uk\/blog\/?p=137"},"modified":"2010-03-12T17:17:19","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T17:17:19","slug":"school-uniforms-making-children-ill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impacttrading.co.uk\/blog-impact\/?p=137","title":{"rendered":"School uniforms making children ill?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here we are again thinking and learning.\u00a0 I have had a number of telephone calls recently from parents worried about the school uniform their child has to wear made from polyester\/cotton mix.\u00a0 The polyester content has irritated the skin of the children.\u00a0 Cotton is a naturally &#8220;breathable&#8221; fabric and is much kinder to the skin for both adults and children.\u00a0 I certainly prefer cotton and wear it myself.<\/p>\n<p>I then stumbled across the following article in &#8220;Wales online&#8221;.\u00a0 Wales is my homeland and I enjoy keeping up with the news.\u00a0 The article comments on the chemicals often applied to fabric to make it especially easy to care for.\u00a0 It is sometimes called anti wrinkle or Teflon coated.\u00a0\u00a0 Perfluorinated compounds are added during manufacture and the World Wildlife Fund are worried about the effect of this man-made chemical on wild life.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a really thought provoking article &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/walesonline.co.uk\/news\/wales-news\/tm_objectid=14585443&amp;method=full&amp;siteid=50082&amp;headline=are-school-uniforms-making-our-children-ill--name_page.html\">School uniforms making children ill?<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many schools choose polyester mix fabrics so that the garments can be washed very easily.\u00a0 However the arguments for &#8220;just cotton&#8221; are significant, breathable, kind to the skin, wash at lower temperatures and if you add the Fairtade cotton as an extra reason then I think the decision should be a wise one.<\/p>\n<figure 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