Killer Clothes: How Seemingly Innocent Clothing Choices Endanger Your Health... and How to Protect Yourself!

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This book reveals in unprecedented detail the toxic truth about the clothes we wear and the surprising number of harmful effects on health caused by garments once considered safe. This is a well-documented expose that the clothing and chemical industries would rather you never learned about. Man-made clothing fibers, such as nylon, spandex, and Teflon, have only replaced cotton, wool, and silk over the last sixty years. During this time there's been a significant increase in health problems that may be associated with wearing synthetic garments: fertility problems, respiratory disease, contact dermatitis, and cancer. From toxic chemicals like formaldehyde and phthalates to insecticides, flame retardants, and nano-particles, synthetic clothing today contains a toxic stew of dozens of substances that pose a threat to both human and environmental health. Learn: - what fabrics and chemicals to watch for when selecting clothing - how to identify deceptive synthetic fabrics - why to avoid any garment that is advertised as being antishrink, antibacterial, antimicrobial, antistatic, antiodor, antiwrinkle, or antistain - the advantages for choosing natural fabrics - tips for ecological and health-friendly cleaning.