【Can the clothes and socks we wear on our body also pose a risk to our health?】
Did you know that allergies have become a disease of modern civilization? Especially for fragile infants and young children, external factors and genetic predisposition make their delicate skin and underdeveloped bodies highly sensitive. Therefore, when wearing textiles that come into contact with the skin, it is important to choose clothing and socks with the OEKO-TEX® label. Textiles that meet this standard are free of azo dyes, formaldehyde, and have a pH value that is not too different from that of the human body, which can protect the health of infants and young children!
Even minor stimuli like sweat, oil, cold air, saliva, or friction from diapers, clothing, etc. can cause discomfort and allergic reactions in infants and young children, leading to redness or other conditions. If you want to create a comfortable environment for your children to grow in, where they are not prone to sensitive skin due to contact with clothes, pants, bibs or socks, remember to avoid poor quality, low color fastness, and easily fading textiles!
In addition to infants and young children, diabetes is a well-known metabolic disease, and foot complications are the most common complication for diabetes patients. Therefore, it is important to take good care of the feet in daily life to reduce external stimuli and injuries, such as wearing diabetes socks with the OEKO-TEX® label, as well as suitable shoes that ensure comfort and safety.
1.Prioritize health and start with the skin!
Regardless of whether it's the sensitive skin of infants, diabetes patients, or other populations, the skin is an important organ that covers the entire body. It's the body's outermost protective layer and the first line of defense against invading pathogens. However, it's unable to block out all external substances, and due to its powerful absorption capacity, drugs, skincare products, or chemical substances can be absorbed through the skin surface, penetrate into the capillaries, and enter the organs. Therefore, when selecting items that come into contact with the skin, it's important to choose reputable factories, brands, or products that are pure, natural, have fewer additives, and bear the OEKO-TEX® label!
Regardless of whether it's the sensitive skin of infants, diabetes patients, or other populations, the skin is an important organ that covers the entire body. It's the body's outermost protective layer and the first line of defense against invading pathogens. However, it's unable to block out all external substances, and due to its powerful absorption capacity, drugs, skincare products, or chemical substances can be absorbed through the skin surface, penetrate into the capillaries, and enter the organs. Therefore, when selecting items that come into contact with the skin, it's important to choose reputable factories, brands, or products that are pure, natural, have fewer additives, and bear the OEKO-TEX® label!
2.Chemical substances on textiles
With the advancement of technology, much knowledge can be obtained through internet searches. Have you searched for why new clothes and socks must be washed before wearing them? Some of the raw materials used in textiles or the chemical substances used in the production process to make textiles shapeable, wrinkle-resistant, and glossy can be harmful to the human body. Typically, most harmful substances can be eliminated after washing, but would you still use such products? Especially for those who haven't washed their new clothes or socks before wearing them, or those with sensitive skin, wearing them without cleaning them properly can easily cause skin allergies, itching, eczema, and other conditions. In severe cases, it can lead to leukemia, nosebleeds, cancer, and other conditions. Therefore, it's crucial to wear clothes and socks with the OEKO-TEX® label and to choose factories that produce textiles using safe raw materials.
With the advancement of technology, much knowledge can be obtained through internet searches. Have you searched for why new clothes and socks must be washed before wearing them? Some of the raw materials used in textiles or the chemical substances used in the production process to make textiles shapeable, wrinkle-resistant, and glossy can be harmful to the human body. Typically, most harmful substances can be eliminated after washing, but would you still use such products? Especially for those who haven't washed their new clothes or socks before wearing them, or those with sensitive skin, wearing them without cleaning them properly can easily cause skin allergies, itching, eczema, and other conditions. In severe cases, it can lead to leukemia, nosebleeds, cancer, and other conditions. Therefore, it's crucial to wear clothes and socks with the OEKO-TEX® label and to choose factories that produce textiles using safe raw materials.
3.OEKO-TEX® Mark for Adding Health Points
In 1992, the Austrian Textile Research Institute (OTI) and an internationally renowned textile testing institution established the International Association for Environmental Textile, and developed a set of common standards called OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 to test whether textile and apparel products have properties that affect human health. The standard includes known harmful substances that have an adverse effect on human health, and sets scientifically measurable limits on these harmful substances. Currently, the tested substances include formaldehyde, pH value, extractable heavy metals, insecticides, pentachlorophenol, tetrachlorophenol, aromatic amines, carcinogens, allergens, color fastness, and volatile substances. The main areas of testing and verification include: during the production process, there is no adverse impact on the environment, and it meets conditions such as not polluting the air, not polluting water sources, waste disposal, and noise reduction; reducing the amount of harmful substances produced by daily wearing to the human body to a minimum; and the textile products can be recycled and reused, decomposed without releasing harmful substances, and incinerated without polluting the air. All of these tests are to prove that the product does not contain allergenic or carcinogenic substances, insecticides or chlorophenols, formaldehyde (or its content is far below the limit required by law), meets the appropriate pH for skin, does not contain organic chlorine compounds, and does not contain biologically active agents. The OEKO-TEX® mark is added to products that pass the above tests to indicate their compliance with the standard.
In 1992, the Austrian Textile Research Institute (OTI) and an internationally renowned textile testing institution established the International Association for Environmental Textile, and developed a set of common standards called OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 to test whether textile and apparel products have properties that affect human health. The standard includes known harmful substances that have an adverse effect on human health, and sets scientifically measurable limits on these harmful substances. Currently, the tested substances include formaldehyde, pH value, extractable heavy metals, insecticides, pentachlorophenol, tetrachlorophenol, aromatic amines, carcinogens, allergens, color fastness, and volatile substances. The main areas of testing and verification include: during the production process, there is no adverse impact on the environment, and it meets conditions such as not polluting the air, not polluting water sources, waste disposal, and noise reduction; reducing the amount of harmful substances produced by daily wearing to the human body to a minimum; and the textile products can be recycled and reused, decomposed without releasing harmful substances, and incinerated without polluting the air. All of these tests are to prove that the product does not contain allergenic or carcinogenic substances, insecticides or chlorophenols, formaldehyde (or its content is far below the limit required by law), meets the appropriate pH for skin, does not contain organic chlorine compounds, and does not contain biologically active agents. The OEKO-TEX® mark is added to products that pass the above tests to indicate their compliance with the standard.
The OEKO-TEX® label has high recognition among textile industry players worldwide and is one of the well-known textile industry labels globally. Currently, hundreds of manufacturers have obtained the environmental textile OEKO-TEX® 100 certification, and its verification standards not only apply to the products themselves, but also examine the related items in each production process, including fibers, yarns, fabrics, accessories, clothing, and manufacturers, distributors, and other producers involved in dyeing, finishing and other processes related to textile products. In other words, there is a verification process for every stage of the production process, including textile and non-textile accessories, which can detect whether textiles and finished products contain harmful substances that affect human health, serving as a reference for consumers who purchase environmentally friendly textiles.
Therefore, Handysocks Co., Ltd. collaborates with suppliers certified by Oeko-tex environmental standards, using raw materials that do not contain excessive harmful substances and do not harm the environment to produce socks. They eliminate substances that affect the environment and human health, ensuring high color fastness, no fading, no azo dyes, no heavy metals, no free formaldehyde, no environmental hormones, and no toxic chemicals. They also use functional textile materials to ensure lasting effectiveness and implement environmental protection, streamlined packaging, and environmental friendliness. Especially for children's socks and diabetic socks, in addition to emphasizing material safety, they focus on the needs and comfort of the wearers. For example, when making children's socks, they choose high-quality cotton that is not only antibacterial, odor-resistant, and breathable but also has excellent stretchability. For the safety of children, they also add non-slip silicone gel on the soles of the feet and use a flat, non-irritating seamless toe design at the seams, so that children's delicate skin is not rubbed. When making diabetic socks, they consider that diabetic patients usually have symptoms such as insufficient blood supply to the feet, weakened sensory organs, reduced sensitivity to pain and high temperatures, etc.
Therefore, they have functions such as breathability, comfort, antibacterial, odor resistance, moisture absorption and sweat removal, warmth, no marks, seamless, and buffering. In the part of the sock mouth, they use a loose and pressure-free design to relieve foot symptoms in diabetic patients and improve blood circulation. From the above, it can be seen that Handysocks pursues higher quality and safety, strives to fulfill corporate social responsibility, achieve sustainable management, and double customers' health assurance!
Therefore, they have functions such as breathability, comfort, antibacterial, odor resistance, moisture absorption and sweat removal, warmth, no marks, seamless, and buffering. In the part of the sock mouth, they use a loose and pressure-free design to relieve foot symptoms in diabetic patients and improve blood circulation. From the above, it can be seen that Handysocks pursues higher quality and safety, strives to fulfill corporate social responsibility, achieve sustainable management, and double customers' health assurance!
2023-03-07