Unwashed jeans don't get grubbier
Great news for students - jeans left unwashed for a year are no dirtier than those that have been worn for a fortnight.
A New Zealand scientist based in Canada used a live subject - an Alberta student who refused to clean his jeans - to test how dirty they can get.
But surprising results showed that the denim carried no more bacteria after 15 months of not washing than after two weeks.
Great news for students - jeans left unwashed for a year are no dirtier than those that have been worn for a fortnight.
A New Zealand scientist based in Canada used a live subject - an Alberta student who refused to clean his jeans - to test how dirty they can get.
But surprising results showed that the denim carried no more bacteria after 15 months of not washing than after two weeks.
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