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ABSTRACT
The synthetic clothing industry, and
especially the synthetic clothing outfitters for outdoors people, generally
advertise their products as having the ability to "wick away the moisture",
i.e., to get rid of sweat and thereby keep one's skin dry, which is essential
for optimum health and performance. This advertising claim turns out to be
false, as easily conducted scientific experiments can demonstrate. In order to
"wick away moisture", it would first be necessary for the clothing to absorb
the moisture it supposedly will disperse. Only natural fibers of animal or
vegetable origin have the capacity to expand to absorb moisture-and to contract
when they are dry. No man-made synthetic fibers can possibly absorb moisture,
since they are non-cellular. The clothing recommended for mountaineers and
outdoors people has traditionally been mainly wool, with the use of other
natural fibers, such as cotton, linen, and silk, also commonly used. Since the
early 1960's, there has been a radical clothing revolution that has embraced
nonabsorbent synthetic fibers as actually superior to wool and other natural
fibers, which have now been pronounced to be "obsolete" by the standard
textbook on mountaineering in its latest editions. Millions of uncritical
people have accepted as true the false advertising claim of "wicks away the
moisture". This new dogma about the alleged virtues of wearing petroleum-based
garments has taken a huge toll on the public health, which has not begun to be
investigated yet. Not only mountaineers, but the gullible public, have suffered
disasters to their health and safety that have not yet been explored. This is a
ground-breaking holistic study with far-reaching implications and ramifications
for further study, research, and scientific experiments, in order to enlighten
the public about the health dangers of wearing nonabsorbent synthetic clothing,
especially next to one's skin.
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YOUR WAY TO HEALTH
Harold Kulungian