Broadcast Newsline: April 21, 2006

Recently some grand statements were made by Wal-mart claiming that conventionally grown cotton is not sustainable and that tremendous amounts of hazardous materials are used on conventionally grown cotton.

This week’s Cotton Newsline is three cuts.  All cuts are Dr. Andy Jordan, Vice-President of Technical Services for the National Cotton Council.

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Recently some grand statements were made by Wal-mart claiming that conventionally grown cotton is not sustainable and that tremendous amounts of hazardous materials are used on conventionally grown cotton. According to Dr. Andy Jordan those statements are absolutely false.

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Jordan says it’s important to set the record straight.

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Jordan says the cotton industry needs to educate retailers but it’s not going to be an easy process.

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