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J.C. Penney's Simply Green organic cotton towels
By Mindy Pennybacker
'Tis the showering and toweling season. When summer gets gritty, be kind to yourself and the environment with organic cotton bath towels. Buying organic cotton when you have a choice is important because it's produced without toxic chemicals such as atrazine*, the second most widely used herbicide in the U.S.
It's a good reason to do our part to increase demand for organic cotton. Best buys right now include J.C. Penney's Simply Green organic cotton towels in deep sage, mocha or cream, dobby-textured stripes (starting at $9.99). Also reasonable at $24.95 are Brookstone's organic bath towels. A perfect hostess gift would be the organic handloomed Turkish towels in a scroll design and vegetable dyes, $66.95, from Eco Bathroom; for our bathroom, we covet their scrumptious white terry towel sets (bath, face, hand). Colorful organic cotton bath towels, $34.95, bath sheets, $44.95, tub mats, $24.95; and hemp/cotton or fresh-looking bamboo/cotton shower curtains, fully lined, $139-179, are all at Crate and Barrel.
*According to new research, atrazine in concentrations lower than allowed in U.S. drinking water caused endocrine-disrupting effects in zebrafish and lab-cultured human cells.
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