Bare or indeterminate being, for instance, the first of the determinations of Hegel's logic, as the being of that which is not anything determinate, of Kant's thing-in-itself, for example, positively understood, implicated at once the notion of not-being, which negates it, and is one with it, yet with a difference, so that we have the transition to determinate being, the transition being baptized as becoming.
Cotton may have been grown organically, however if it is then treated with many harmful chemicals, perhaps bleached and dyed, then this negates any benefit of the organic growing process.
In this respect, they reduce the risk of harmful environmental effects; however, the production process negates the benefits.
It's a timeless, paranoid fable that grabs at the emotions, negates the intellect, and reduces everything to absolutes.