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ChatGPT image description: A cheerful hippie in a tie-dye shirt and headband steps out of a used clothing store, carrying a huge bundle of secondhand clothes. He smiles behind round sunglasses as he walks past the brick storefront, overflowing garments in his arms suggesting a successful thrift haul.

862. Wearing "New" Clothes Without Washing

December 12, 2025 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of wearing "new" (to you) clothes without washing first.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

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"Public Health Implications of Retailer Resale of Returned Textile Clot" by Antonette M. A. Francis-Shearer
Contaminated clothing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers is a potential source of transmission - ScienceDirect
Second-Hand Clothe, a New Threat for Acquiring Parasitic Infection - PMC

December 12, 2025 /Don Schaffner

Clothing, Cross-contamination, Washing

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