January 18, 2018 | Reposted from pimacott.com Your guests are on their way – are you prepared for them? In addition to planning activities and shopping for snacks, you’ll want to make sure your guest bedding and towels will make your friends and family feel right at home. With a bit of smart planning, [...]
January 12, 2018 | Reposted from pimacott.com A new documentary from the French television program Cash Investigates has put the spotlight on unethical cotton production practices around the globe. In a November episode titled “Cotton: The Other Side of Our T-Shirts,” investigative journalists from the award-winning news show went to extraordinary lengths – posing [...]
December 6, 2017 | Reposted from pimacott.com Now that the last of this year’s verified pure PimaCott Cotton has been picked, we caught up with Cannon Michael, a sixth-generation farmer and the president of Bowles Farming Company, to learn a bit more about the preparation, hard work, and the surprising amount of science involved in [...]
October 24, 2017 | reposted from PimaCott.com Cotton sheets can stay soft and comfortable for years. But if you’re washing them wrong, you could be shortening their lifespan. Here are 5 common laundry mistakes to hang out to dry, and what you should be doing instead to keep your cotton sheets [...]
October 12, 2017 | reposted from PimaCott.com When it comes to quality, most people understand the difference between a 525-thread count sheet and a 750-thread count sheet. Less understood, however, is the difference between various kinds of cottons, especially premium cottons like Egyptian and pima. What is the difference anyway? Is one better than [...]
September 14, 2017 | Reposted from PimaCott.com With an annual crop of 850,000 metric tons, the central Asian country of Uzbekistan is the world’s sixth largest producer of cotton. But its success has come at a devastating human cost. The Issue: State-Sanctioned Servitude Uzbekistan’s economy relies heavily on the export of a variety [...]
By Bob Miglani Implementation of pharmaceutical serialization is important but really, really complicated. That’s one of the things I learned while attending and presenting at the Pharmaceutical Traceability Forum held in Philadelphia November 30 to December 1. I love Philly because of its rich history, great restaurants and wonderful people who will [...]
Fake aloe has been all over the news, thanks to a recent investigation by Bloomberg News. Samples tested at an independent laboratory showed that store-brand aloe products from Wal-Mart, CVS, Walgreens and Target did not contain the three primary chemical components — acemannan, malic acid and glucose — found in authentic aloe vera gel. [...]