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Not really. Polymers in clothes are everywhere and they have very désirable properties compared to pure cotton. Untreated cotton had many problems.

• trollbridge 9mo ago
  Materials other than cotton (like wool and leather) existed.
  • ekianjo 9mo ago
    yup, but polymers are much, much cheaper to produce. And some have properties that no natural fabric can offer.
    • anhner 9mo ago
      > properties that no natural fabric can offer like polluting every inch of the Earth with microplastics!