A professional shop assistant is urging anyone who buys new clothes to immediately wash them. Palito Michelle, who works in a clothing store and regularly shares her experiences to her followers on social media, warned that you shouldn't go straight to wearing newly bought clothes.

Describing work at a beachfront store, she spoke of 'dirty' people trying on the clothes before putting them back. And while she says shops do their best to keep products 'clean', there could be a lot of bacteria that's not easy to see with the naked eye.

In the wider scope of things, shoppers should also be aware that garments and fabric go on a long journey before they end up on shop clothing lines. Each stage of this hourney can introduce new pollution and other contaminents that are transferred onto you

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