In reply to tjin:
> Lots of coated things have bad chemicals in them.
Of course, and the more we know about them the better informed our decisions are about buying them.
> Synthetic fibers lose fibers during washing and get into the water, then some in animals, then we eat some of them.
Indeed, and I use a guppy bag and a cora ball in the washing machine to try and limit this
> Most cotton production use lots of chemicals and tons of water (bio-cotton helps for the first part).
I have recently become aware of this, so another area to research as to how to be as eco friendly as possible when buying cotton
> Down isn't the best for birds, in bad cases plucked a life, in best cases a by-product of food production.
And I try to get the most ethically sourced down I can
> That's just clothing; steel and allu production isn't great either. Thats what our hardware is made of. You know what? Just buy less, use what you got, repair when it's broken. You know reduce reuse recycle.
I'm not sure why you think I'm not. I try very hard not to buy unnecessary stuff and where I can I buy second hand. That doesn't change the fact that if manufacturing is harmful to those around then that has to be worse than the product being harmful to the individual user.