Last summer I attended a lecture by an executive from Hobbs Batting (manufacturing headquarters in Waco, TX.) What the man said falls in line with Peckish's information -- It is manufactured in an environment heavy with chemicals. He said that they sell it, because people are on the organic bandwagon. They do produce an organic cotton batting.
I have a friend who farms in N.D. He has looked into the regulations on organic farming and says that the restrictions and recordkeeping are ridiculous -- as if farmers didn't have enough hoops to jump through.
I appreciate the pesticides on fabric sent from overseas, because I don't want invested goods. However, I do wash my fabric before using it.