Did you know that you should always wash or dry clean new clothes before wearing them?

According to an article at Time.com (https://time NULL.com/5631818/wash-new-clothes/), if you wear a new garment and end up with red, itchy skin a few days later, you could be experiencing allergic contact dermatitis. This may be a reaction with an allergen that has contacted your skin, and the cause could be the dyes and chemicals used in clothing manufacturing.

In a study conducted in 2014 at Stockholm University in Sweden, 31 clothing samples were tested and in 29 garments a chemical compound called “quinoline” was detected. Quinoline is used in clothing dyes and the US EPA has classified it as a possible human carcinogen.

Clothing is treated with many chemicals to improve color stability, wrinkle resistance, and softness enhancement. Clothing manufacturers do not have to disclose this to consumers, and many chemicals used have little or no research to back up their safety.

It is in your best interest to wash or dry clean your clothes before wearing to reduce the amounts of residual dyes and chemicals left over from the manufacturing process.

A garment may be labeled 100% silk, but you have no idea of what the silk was treated with chemically, and if those chemicals remain once you put the garment on.

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