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Anti-bacterial Properties
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No more smelly feet – ever. No more unpleasant body odour.
Bamboo has been grown for millennia in Asia without the use of pesticides. It is
rarely attacked by any pests and not susceptible to diseases. The reason for
this, Japanese scientists have found, is a unique anti-bacterial agent of bamboo
named “bamboo kun”. This substance, combined with the tight molecular structure
of bamboo fibres, are believed to give it its anti-bacterial and bacteriostatic
properties – which is not diminished even after more than 50 washes! It is also
quite different from chemical additives which can often cause skin irritations
and other problems.
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Anti-bacterial Testing conducted by CTITC (China Textile Industry Testing
Centre)
Anti-bacteria test FZ/T 01021-92 conducted July 2003.
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| Testing Fabric |
Bacteria Introduced |
24 hrs later bacteria count |
Performance |
| Bamboo fabric |
8.6 X 10,000 (= 86,000) |
0.2 X 100 (= 20) |
99.8% elimination |
| Cotton fabric |
2 X 100,000 (= 200,000) |
1.1 X 100,000,000 (= 110,000,000) |
55,000% INCREASE |
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Scientific tests have been performed by various international textile testing
laboratories. These can easily be accessed in numerous websites. In bamboo
fabric, bacteria numbers were reduced to less than 0.2%., whereas in cotton
fabric, bacteria number increased to 550 times the original.
(reference:-www.bambrotex.com/second/bc_abt.htm)
When a bamboo fibre fabric is worn against the skin:
*1 – Any moisture (sweat) is immediately absorbed and taken away from the skin
*2 – The powerful natural anti-bacterial property of the bamboo constantly keeps
bacteria populations in check.
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