How could that comfy, fluffy wool sweater thatâ??s keeping you nice and cozy warm be possibly bad for you or the environment?

Let me give you a few reasons:

1. The amount (thousands of pounds) of pesticides applied to sheep and lambs to control mange, mites, lice, and fleas alone is enough to make you choke.
2. These poisons leech into the soil to pollute ground water, or flow into storm drains and irrigation water supplies.
3. Some of the sheep dip pesticides last for more than a year in the environment.
4. UK sheep workers that have been exposed to these poisons only for a short time show signs of nervous system damage like anxiety and depression.
5. Long term contact has been found to reduce bone formation.

6. Antibiotic feed additives for sheep are used to make up for the overcrowded, unhealthy and inhumane conditions in the pens.
7. These antibiotics also end up in the drinking water supply â?? and in you. The next time you get a bacterial infection, the little buggers are more resistant to the medicine, so you stay sick until your doctor finds an antibiotic dose strong enough to kill them.

Something to chew over when your buying that new sweater this winter.

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