NPR Is Tracing The Life Of A T-Shirt, From Cotton Plant To Store Shelf

A new NPR series follows the life of a T-shirt as it's made to shed light on the global economics of modern manufacturing.

Look down: Chances are, a good part of the outfit you're wearing is made of cotton. You probably know the cotton in your shirt or pants began as a plant, but can you list every single step it had to take before it reached your department store's shelf? That's the objective of a new series produced by NPR's Planet Money.

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