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Benefits of Natural Dye

The NATURAL dyeing process is one step ahead of organic textile. The core concept of growing organic cotton is to eliminate the impact of harmful chemicals and pesticides which are used in course of growing it. But does the story of using harmful and carcinogenic chemicals stop here? Certainly NOT. Our Mission is to eliminate the entire conventional system from the said harmful impacts right from growing cotton to getting the end product in most natural and organic way.

Garment finishes for wrinkle-free, stain resistant, flame retardant, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-static and odor-resistant, permanent-press, non-shrink, softening agents and the other easy care treatments that are applied to new clothing can be especially harmful for people with chemical sensitivities which are basically all of us – it is just the degree of sensitivity that varies.

Apart from this, herbal dyed textiles can also help in preventing the diseases which otherwise are common with conventional clothing. Dyes and garment finishes are known to result in problems like skin rashes,Symptoms in children include red cheeks and ears, dark circles under the eyes,

In fact in the developing countries where industry norms are not followed strictly we may find these kinds of industries releasing their residues and waste without treating them either directly in deep dug pits in the land or directly in the rivers. And the villagers who depend on river water as their only source become victims of these harmful chemicals and land up with many health related problems.

Clothing comes into prolonged contact with your skin, toxic chemicals are absorbed through your skin and skin pores are opened to permit perspiration. n. The effects on health can be significant when high levels of accumulation are reached. The effect is particularly serious in children due to effects on growth and their relatively low body mass.

Toxic chemicals from dyes also create severe environmental havoc in form of air, water & soil pollution. Large amounts of water are used to flush conventional synthetic dyes from garments and then this waste water must be treated to remove the heavy metals and other toxic chemicals before it can be returned to water systems, sewers and rivers. And the way GLOBAL WARMING is mounting, where textile industry is contributing a lot in terms of GREEN HOUSE GASES and before it creates havoc we need to generate awareness and take rigid and thoughtful steps against those things which are fueling such issues.

So all of the above things made us to think towards the concept called organic and herbal textile, we cannot separate these two concepts because they are incomplete without each other. They both are complementing. So when we say 100% organic or 100% natural it has to be processed in this way or else there is no meaning of using organic cotton.

The interest in natural dyes is growing and these dyes are being perceived to provide an environment-friendly dyed fabrics and garments.The large scale use of natural dyed fabrics is handicapped due to the non- availability of standardized dyes and the shade range with good fastness properties.Another reason is the limitation of number of shades and their reproducibility.These limitations of natural dyes have been overcome to a large extent with nature' laboratory due to use of standardized natural powder dyes with number of shades with reasonably good fastness.The natural dyes developed at nature's laboratory can be used for dyeing all types of natural fibers such as cotton, wool, silk,bamboo, hemp ,,etc. the cotton fibers are dyed with different natural dyes to get these seven basic shades, such as blue, magenta, brown, yellow, linen and dark grey .


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