Gross reasons why you should always wash new clothes before wearing them, according to cleaning experts
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Cleaning pros reveal the right way to wash clothing items before wearing them for the first time. Here's the icky reasons you will not want to leave out this key step.
"On average, this adds up to about one liter of sweat, 40 grams of sebum [oils from the body], 10 grams of skin cells and 10 grams of salt," she said. Perri Ormont Blumberg is a contributing lifestyle reporter for Fox News Digital.
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These body soils could've been transferred by people who touched new clothes.
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