1Prof. of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt
2Clothes and Textile Home Economics Dept., Faculty of Specific Education, Mansoura University, Egypt
3Home Economics Dept., Faculty of Specific Education, Mansoura University, Egypt
The problem of this study determined in dealing with an important subject for popular a lot of community groups to buy used clothes coming from abroad with no knowledge of the health damage may be caused by the use of these clothes, with conflicting views on their use, and not dealt with the study and research to find out the pluses and negatives.
The study aims at identifying the positive aspects and negative aspects of the use of used clothes coming from abroad, and to identify scientific method proper handling and use of this type of clothing, also the study aimed at enlighten and educate consumers about what needs to be followed towards this kind of clothes if they used them.
To achieve these goals the study was applied through two axes parallel: firstly, conducting a field study through the design of two questionnaires and direct them to some dealers of used clothes and some consumers in four different provinces of the Arab Republic of Egypt, namely, (Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Dakahlia), in order to determine the extent of these clothes, and to identify their sources, and the demand of consumers by, and monitoring problems that can be caused by these clothes, secondly making some laboratory tests on the study sample (100 pieces) variety of used clothing from abroad in terms of (types - crude - places of purchase) has been assembled from the same provinces that were conducted the field study, and in order to detect the presence of microbes, and also tests the definition of these microbes to determine the types, and then conduct some transactions washing and cleansing to assess the impact of these transactions on the get rid of the microbes that were found in this clothes.
