Cotton-Fabric-Tier2.csv
<h3>Supply Chain Scenario
Woven cotton fabric using conventionally grown cotton
<i>Try D3 Radar Chart or compare to Polyester Fabric first.
<h3>Data Sources
California Department of Pesticide Regulation; “Summary of Pesticide Use Report Data 2006 Indexed by Commodity”; Cotton and Wool Yearbook 2007 
, Tables 6,7
Cotton Water Use Compared/Other Crops, from Cotton, Inc .
Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Rates by Tillage and Crop Rotation: A Global Data Analysis, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 66:1930–1946 (2002)
E. Kalliala, The Environmental Index Model for Textiles and Textile Services
Pyburn in Kooistra and Termorshuizen, The sustainability of cotton: Consequences for man and environment, 2006
Munk, Irrigation Management Improvements for San Joaquin Valley Pima Cotton Systems, n.d.
Laursen, et al, Danish EPA Environmental Assessment of Textiles (1997)
Handbook of Fiber Chemistry (2007); Cotton Inc., “Cotton Production Water Requirements,” http://www.cottoninc.com/Water-Management/Cotton-Water-Requirements/; California Cotton Ginners and Growers Associations, “Cotton Facts,” http://www.ccgga.org/index.html). "
<h3>Raw Material Factor
Kg raw material required for 1 kg yarn/subcomponent: 2.60
<h3>Data Quality Assessment
Medium
<h3>Geographic Location
Fiber in California; yarn and textile in South Carolina
<h3>Production Method
<h3>Chemistry Exposure Assumptions
conventionally grown with intensive agricultural chemical use, and ginned in the Central Valley; carding, drawing, ring spun yarn, woven greige, scoured, bleached, mercerized, vat dyes, jet dyed, finished
(n/a)
<i>from Tier 2 Dynamic.xls</i>
Calculations start with Cotton in the Field