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The
most commonly seen modern hemp product is clothing. Hemp
clothing is warmer, softer, more absorbent, extremely
breathable and significantly longer lasting than clothing
made from cotton. It looks like linen, feels like flannel,
and wears two to three times longer than other fabrics,
but this is just the beginning. Hemp is the longest and
strongest natural plant fibre and is stronger when wet
vs dry.
It can be grown in most climates and is tolerant
of a wide range of conditions including a high degree
of salinity in the soil. It requires little or no use
of fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides or herbicides
to grow successfully and can be used to make paper without
the use of chlorines currently used in the wood pulp industry.
Additionally when compared with timber, hemp can produce
up to 4½ times more paper per acre.
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