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Laundered Shop Towels: What You Don’t Know Could Hurt You

By: By Rory Holmes, President & Cos Camelio, Technical Director
INDA (Association of the Nonwovens Fabric Industry)

While one might assume that a "freshly laundered" shop towel is fresh and clean, the fact is that commercial laundries aren’t always able to remove the tiny bits of metal shavings, lead, oil and other chemicals that can become embedded in the towels by previous users. Embedded metal shavings can injure faces and hands, resulting in lost work time. Metal shavings can also damage surfaces by causing scratches. And residual oils and chemicals can cause skin rashes. Heavy metals can cause additional health problems, as well.

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