LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Cotton is struggling to compete against synthetic fibers, with polyester now the most widely used fiber in the world. The synthetic material accounts for more than half of the ...

After 28 hours, an independent panel of odor connoisseurs judged that the polyester shirts stank worse than cotton-based ones. Skin germs feast on chemicals in sweat, turning them into pungent ...

GRAPHIC: Cotton vs polyester: link.reuters.com/pyr44w By Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE, April 7 (Reuters) - Bulging cotton inventories in China and slumping oil markets ...