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Experiment Shows Not Washing Jeans for 15 Months is Disgusting But Safe

Posted by samzenpus on from the thank-you-science dept.

dbune writes "Young people who argue with their parents over wearing the same pair of smelly jeans can now cite the work of a 20-year old University of Alberta student who wore the same jeans for 15 months straight. From the article: 'Josh Le wore the same pair of jeans to break in the raw denim, so it would wrap the contours of his body, leaving distinct wear lines. He had his textile professor test the jeans for bacteria before washing them for the first time. The results showed high counts of five different kinds of bacteria, but nothing in the range of being considered a health hazard."

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  1. It is bad for your health in a different way by phantomfive · · Score: 3, Informative

    The salt from your sweat (over time) will build up on the fabric of the pants, and then when you walk it will start to chafe your skin. It can be quite painful.

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    "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
  2. Re:Only one pair? by kyrio · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have three pairs of jeans (I had four, but that's a long story). I bought them at the same time, 5-6 years ago. Only one of them ripped wide open at the crotch last year, so now I have only two. I wash(ed) them all regularly.

    Obviously, you're buying shit tier quality jeans.

  3. Re:Washing by Xphile101361 · · Score: 3, Informative

    He said he wanted to smell nice. Since when does febreze smell nice?

  4. Re:Reason by repapetilto · · Score: 3, Informative

    urine is sterile when it leaves your body but it also contains bacteria food so whatever urine gets on grows bacteria.