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Textile Laundering Technology Charles Riggs
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Gap Technology companies are another significant source of environmental toxins, especially in China. Textiles made with X-STATIC® silver antimicrobial technology have been clinically-proven to inhibit the growth of bacteria directly on the surface of the fabric. Greenpeace's Dirty Laundry investigation looks at two Chinese textile factories and proves they're polluting the rivers. Like most people I know, I typically wash my jeans every four to five wears, a practice endorsed by many textile experts (a Levi Strauss guru actually recommends hardly ever washing jeans). Further, laundering practices are inconsistent and simply ineffective, as re-contamination occurs after laundered items are put into use.2. Army Seeking Non-Stick Fabric Technology. Antimicrobial silver nanoparticles may enable people to use textiles in an environmentally more sustainable way, even though a question mark remains on their potential risks. Laundering clothes is time-consuming, adds to the logistics burden on the force, and is not always available to forward-deployed Soldiers, who may come into contact with mud, dirt, water, and an assortment of contaminants such as coatings for textile applications in 2007 based on earlier work on self-cleaning, but more importantly, it was based on Massachusetts Institute of Technology's recent breakthrough discovery about designing superoleophobic surfaces. X-STATIC delivers quick, comprehensive and permanent protection with a continuous release of silver ions that lasts for the life of the product. "The [Prosuite] study is an important step into the right direction," comments Bernd Nowack, an expert in environmental risk assessment at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology. Imagine if you simply did not need to launder your clothing or uniform for the sake of the latest solicitation put forth by the US Army.