Organic cotton T-shirts – 2

1. [Multiple choice]

Many people who think they are wearing an organically grown cotton T-shirt are mistaken.

(According to this article over 99.5% of cotton is currently produced using inorganic methods, eg large amounts of pesticides, bleaches etc.)

Answers for Quiz [1].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False

2. [Multiple choice]

Consumers interested in buying clothes produced with organically-grown materials only have to walk into any high-street shop to find they have plenty of choice.

(Many shops give the impression they are entirely committed to offering consumers clothes made of organically produced material, but the reality is that they stock very few of these products. Shops devote ‘very little floor space’ to it inside the shops.)

Answers for Quiz [2].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)

3. [Multiple choice]

Lucy Siegle says there is an environmental cost to wearing a T-shirt which has not been produced organically.

(She describes an inorganic cotton T-Shirt as coming ‘with a rucksack’. She means it carries with it some unecological ‘baggage’.)

Answers for Quiz [3].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False

4. [Multiple choice]

Lucy Siegle thinks the eco joke about cotton is very funny.

(She is being ironic. She means it is not funny at all.)

Answers for Quiz [4].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)

5. [Multiple choice]

The French clothing, footwear and leather goods company called Lacoste has as its logo:

Answers for Quiz [5].

• 1. A white tennis racket
• 2. A green crocodile (correct)
• 3. A green frog
• 4. A red cockerel

6. [Multiple choice]

The environmental effect mentioned of growing non-organic cotton is

(It 1) uses a lot of pesticides, (so a lot of chemicals are involved early on) which 2) causes pollution, and 3) soil degradation and also 4) harms cotton workers.)

Answers for Quiz [6].

• 1. two-fold.
• 2. three-fold.
• 3. four-fold. (correct)

7. [Multiple choice]

Just because you pay a lot of money for an organic cotton T-shirt doesn’t mean the people who product the cotton or the cotton goods will receive a decent price for it.

(Lucy Siegle reminds readers of what they probably already know – that fashion companies and retailers often charge a high price for the products, but do not pass on this higher profit to the producers.)

Answers for Quiz [7].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False

8. [Multiple choice]

It would be understandable for you to assume that the international cotton industry is totally indifferent to the question of ethics.

(The author makes the point that the industry is holding its annual conference in a country known for its poor record on this front, and her comment that this ‘suggests it doesn’t take the ethical issues too seriously’ is ironic, she means it does not take them seriously at all.
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Answers for Quiz [8].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False