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Environmental impact and labor can both be saved by measures that reduce the need for washing: suitable choice of clothes (color and fabric) and habits such as hanging and airing clothes | Environmental impact and labor can both be saved by measures that reduce the need for washing: suitable choice of clothes (color and fabric) and habits such as hanging and airing clothes. | ||
Levi Strauss<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/science/earth/levi-strauss-tries-to-minimize-water-use.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/science/earth/levi-strauss-tries-to-minimize-water-use.html]</ref>recently claimed that putting their jeans in a freezer for a couple of days would kill most of the bacteria and smells. However an anarctic microbiologist has debunked this claim as a myth,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20201111234813/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-myth-of-the-frozen-jeans-129092730/</ref> saying that "one might think that if the temperature drops well below the human body temperature they will not survive, but actually many will. Many are preadapted to survive low temperatures. And it takes only one survivor to repopulate your jeans when they warm up." | Levi Strauss<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/science/earth/levi-strauss-tries-to-minimize-water-use.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/science/earth/levi-strauss-tries-to-minimize-water-use.html]</ref>recently claimed that putting their jeans in a freezer for a couple of days would kill most of the bacteria and smells. However an anarctic microbiologist has debunked this claim as a myth,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20201111234813/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-myth-of-the-frozen-jeans-129092730/</ref> saying that "one might think that if the temperature drops well below the human body temperature they will not survive, but actually many will. Many are preadapted to survive low temperatures. And it takes only one survivor to repopulate your jeans when they warm up." |