AM Cotton:
When cotton is treated with 2-amino ethyl sulphuric acid in NaOH, AM cotton is produced without changing its structure. Dyed AM cotton has better resistance to light and washing.
Carboxymethylated (CM) cotton):
Cotton treated with manochloro acetic acid and then NaOH is converted into CM cotton. There are two types of CM cotton and can accept crease resisting treatments with greater effect. The second form of CM cotton can be produced easily in mercerizing equipment at very low cost. The product can be crease proofed with particularly good effect.
Cayanoethylated (CN) Cotton:
Treatment of cotton with acrylonitrile yields chemically modified cotton described as cayanoethylated (CN) cotton. Though this looks and feel like ordinary cotton and many of its properties are similar to that type of cotton, but CN cotton has extremely good resistance to rotting influences. it has better resistance to the effect of heat than ordinary cotton. CN cotton dyes more readily than ordinary cotton with certain types of dyes.
Pripiolactone (P.L) Cotton:
Treatments with propiolactions converts cotton into a modified cotton described as PL cotton. How is organic cotton grown? Farmers use natural compost or manure in the place of chemicals. Harmful pesticides are replaced with organic friendly ladybugs. Instead of spraying chemicals on the cotton during harvest the fields are flooded to defoliate the plants.
Any machinery used for harvesting cotton must be continually cleaned and sterilized. Any knitting machines. That producers use must also be separate from other machinery. This prevents any other fibers of non organic crops from being combined with the organic cotton.
Transition cotton:
Organic cotton must be grown in fields that have been free of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers for three years. As farmers switch over to and use organic farming methods the cotton grown during this three year period is called transition cotton.
Wall-mart has been purchasing millions of pounds of transition cotton. This has greatly help farmers to make the transition to organic farming methods.
Green cotton:
Green, or natural, cotton is not organic.
When you see cotton products labeled “natural” you are getting conventional cotton grown with large inputs of chemicals, pesticides, and herbicides to control weed growth. The only difference between green and conventional cottons, is in the processing final product is not supposed to be treated with formaldehyde or chlorine bleach. Currently there are no federal inspection guidelines to ensure procession of green, or natural cotton, is chemical-free. It is important to understand this distinction when shopping for cotton products. Remember “Natural” and “Organic” are not at all the same.
Transgenic cotton
Transgenic cotton, genetically engineered cotton, carries its insecticide within the plant tissues.
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