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Two hundred years ago, in order to improve people's quality of life and health, the British invented the towel, which has become an indispensable necessity in the lives of people around the world. But now, this originally carried the health mission of the "helper" has become a health hazard "bacteria bomb". Recently, the Chinese National Textile Industry Association of Beijing, Shanghai and other large and medium-sized cities, the latest survey shows that the actual amount of towels for the Chinese 1-2 per person per year, while the medium developed countries are used to more than 10 per person per year, Japan, Europe and the United States and other developed countries with a higher amount. China National Textile Industry Association President Yang Zhaohua pointed out that this result is inextricably linked to the wrong awareness and habits of the national use of towels.
"No breakage, no change" the concept of thrift. Thrifty is the traditional virtue of the Chinese people, especially the elderly, everything has to be used to break before they are willing to throw, but this good habit for the use of high frequency of towels, is definitely a "fatal blow". "People are usually used to towels in the bathroom, and towels made of cotton absorb moisture, water storage is particularly good, which provides a 'breeding ground' for bacteria, coupled with dust in the air, skin oils, external germs, will make the towel more dirty. " Yang Donghui, vice president of the China Textile Industry Association, told the Life Time reporter that among these germs, the most terrible are pathogenic bacteria such as E. coli and anaerobic bacteria, which are not only the culprits of diarrhea, otitis media, oral infections and other diseases, but also behind the scenes of making your skin spotty and acne-prone. "Because of this, we have been advocating that we change towels once every 2-3 months, but few people actually do." Yang Donghui stressed.
A towel use more. In many people's homes, a towel are "several jobs" - wash face, wipe hands, bath, shampoo, and even wash private parts. In this way, from the hands, face, hair and towels from the bacteria will be covered with the whole body, if the germs into the mouth and nose cavity, eyes and other sensitive parts, may also cause discomfort, especially children and allergic people, more likely to be trapped. Therefore, Yang Zhaohua reminded that towels must be divided by purpose, men have at least three, wash face, feet and bath towels are used separately, women should prepare at least four, in addition to wash face, feet and bath, plus a towel for cleaning private parts.
Towels should be used dry. "The Chinese habit of using towels is to get wet and use them, and washing your face with a wet towel is actually the same as using bacteria for skin care." Yang Donghui told reporters that pathogenic bacteria such as E. coli, anaerobic bacteria, and even HIV can survive in a wet towel for more than two days. "This is something we should learn more from the Japanese. Japanese wet towel never use a second time, towel once wet, will immediately wash and dry." More noteworthy is that the Japanese are accustomed to small square towels, each person will prepare a dozen used to wash their faces, wipe their hands, etc., a towel will be changed once every 3 days, the dirty towel washed with soap and dried in the sun in a sunny place.
In addition, it is also very important to select a suitable towel. In the latest publication of the Consumer Guide to Home Textiles, experts have given some methods: 1. Towels should choose soft and comfortable, absorbent cotton; 2. Buy by population. Children should choose a small square towel in plain colors; people with delicate skin or prone to allergies are advised to choose towels with lower terry and less density; men with fast metabolism are more suitable for thicker, more surface friction towels. 3. high-quality towels feel soft, fluffy and elastic, with even terry, neatly sewn edges and no odor, while poor-quality towels are the opposite. "Washing your face with a poor quality towel is equivalent to using industrial waste water for skin care." Yang Donghui stressed.
In use should also pay attention to the towel just bought back to clean before using, to develop the habit of cleaning every day, once the towel yellow, hard, sticky, should be replaced in a timely manner
