Can your clothes make you sick?

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  1. modernpaladin

    modernpaladin Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/01/02/business/delta-lands-end-uniform-lawsuit/index.html

    Apparently. I've yet to find a synthetic material that I like better than natural fiber (my favorite socks are a wool blend with a bit of acrylic and rubber). I know certain plastics can contanimate food and certain matresses have issues with off-gassing, so it stands to reason clothing would be another potential vector source for unintentional contaminants.

    What are your thoughts?
     
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    I recall either 60 Minutes or 20/20 running a piece some years ago about people selling new clothing out of their vans on the street for phenomenally good prices. But that clothing had been treated with a very toxic chemical and people were getting very sick.

    My wife always washes store bought new clothes before the clothing is worn. That probably helps but it is likely that no product in the modern world produced by modern processes is safe for human consumption.

    But something got to take people out and make room for the new child born.
     
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    This isn't exactly the same thing, but ...

    I have a friend who has notable allergic reactions to too much sun(!!). He has to be careful with what he wears, because clothing may LOOK like it blocks sun, but often doesn't actually do a sufficient job of that.

    He started his own company that designs and sells solar protective clothing to those similarly afflicted.

    He's doing very well - business and health wise!
     
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    What other people wear often makes me sick. Like when people wear their britches barely hanging off their arses with underwear showing and the crotch of their britches down to their knees.

    When I first saw this years ago I damn near fell down laughing. But as it caught on it started making me feel sick.

    I dont understand why any rational person would do this.

    For myself I wear natural fiber. Cotton wool linen. Socks are always merino wool.
     
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    I have never had a problem with my clothes that I know of. I did decide to quit using deodorant and air fresheners as I believe they poison me. I really hate going into an elevator and an air freshener automatically squeezes off a round.
     
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    Many years ago I heard that Jerry Lewis could not tolerate the chemicals in dry cleaned clothes. His wardrobe was constantly renewed as he wore things perhaps a few times and then discarded them.
     
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    Anyone who kept their disco clothes from the 70s knows well that their clothes can make them sick.

    Just one look at them makes me feel ill. What were we thinking?!?!
     
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