These clothes are also known as Tanakurai clothes based on the name of the “Tanakura” chain of stores, which is borrowed from the name of one of the characters of the Japanese series “Years Away from Home”.
Most of these clothes enter the country from European or American countries and from various border points.
Basically, these second-hand clothes are collected from the countries of origin with the intention of donating to the needy in poor countries, but they find their way to the market of Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan or other countries through middlemen and profiteers. One of the important reasons why some people buy these clothes is their cheapness.
After being collected, these clothes are washed in dry cleaners and disinfected with disinfectants.
Probably, the reason for the pungent smell that can be smelled in the stores selling these clothes is also related to these disinfectants, germicides and insecticides.
There is no exact information about the nature of the disinfectants that the importers of these clothes use to sterilize the clothes, but it seems that there are plenty of insecticides, lice killers or disinfectants such as sterimid. is used
These disinfectants cause or aggravate skin allergic reactions (itching, burning, hives) or respiratory reactions (asthma, wheezing and shortness of breath, runny nose and eyes, and dry and frequent coughs).
However, it should be remembered that washing with hot water or even sunning or disinfecting these clothes cannot be a sign of their complete cleanliness, and there is a possibility that insects such as lice or the causative agent of scabies (known as mites) may still survive. .
Lice can be head lice or body lice (pubic lice).
Bedbugs and ticks are among the insects that can live in piles of clothes and be transferred to another person.
It should also be remembered that some pathogenic fungi are resistant to washing and disinfection and continue to live, grow and multiply.
Also, due to excessive and excessive use of disinfectants – which are among the categories of allergens – there is a possibility of causing or aggravating contact eczema by using these clothes.
This probability is higher in people who have dry skin or have atopic eczema, and skin reactions such as itching, hives or redness and skin inflammation are not far off.
In the case of infectious diseases such as impetigo, boils, scabies, or other skin infections, there is no conclusive evidence that these clothes are the cause of the transmission of infectious diseases, but if the washing and disinfection process of the clothes are insufficient and the distance is close This possibility cannot be completely ruled out by donating clothes until they reach the consumer.
On the other hand, some viral diseases such as warts or contact molluscum disease (which looks like a wart but in a round and umbilical shape) and hepatitis virus may also be transmitted to the consumer through these clothes.
It should be noted that underwear and shoes logically have a higher chance of disease transmission, and clothes such as coats and jackets are less likely to cause disease transmission.