News (Media Awareness Project) - CN AB: Hemp Products More Than Token Alternative To Cottom |
| Title: | CN AB: Hemp Products More Than Token Alternative To Cottom |
| Published On: | 2004-05-23 |
| Source: | Calgary Sun, The (CN AB) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-18 09:23:56 |
Personal Wealth Column
HEMP PRODUCTS MORE THAN TOKEN ALTERNATIVE TO COTTON
Hemptown Clothing Inc. has enlisted the National Research Council in its
war on cotton.
The Vancouver company -- which says producing a cotton T-shirt deposits
more than one-eighth of a kilogram of chemicals in the environment and
consumes 6,500 litres of water -- bills itself as the world's largest brand
of T-shirts made from hemp, whose leaves yield marijuana. Hemptown is
collaborating with the NRC to develop a patentable enzyme technology
process "that may see hemp fibres replace cotton worldwide."
HEMP PRODUCTS MORE THAN TOKEN ALTERNATIVE TO COTTON
Hemptown Clothing Inc. has enlisted the National Research Council in its
war on cotton.
The Vancouver company -- which says producing a cotton T-shirt deposits
more than one-eighth of a kilogram of chemicals in the environment and
consumes 6,500 litres of water -- bills itself as the world's largest brand
of T-shirts made from hemp, whose leaves yield marijuana. Hemptown is
collaborating with the NRC to develop a patentable enzyme technology
process "that may see hemp fibres replace cotton worldwide."
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