Just this past year Fruit of the Loom and Haynes have both started putting pesticide in their under wear. I stopped buying any of it because in my opinion they are poisoning us. Here are the facts.
May 04, 2017 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

MIDLAND, Mich.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Odor protection and moisture wicking are the top two performance features consumers today desire and The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) and Fruit of the Loom are introducing DUAL DEFENSE™ performance features that offer long-lasting odor protection and moisture wicking to its core men’s underwear line.

“When companies like Fruit of the Loom and Dow collaborate to apply breakthrough technology to consumer products, positive outcomes occur,” said Larry Ryan, business president, Dow Energy and Water Solution. “Not only does the marketplace benefit from these positive outcomes, but so do companies which will fuel future collaborations.”

The collection of men’s FRUIT OF THE LOOM® underwear with DUAL DEFENSE™ will be enhanced with INTELLIFRESH™ durable and long-lasting freshness protection from Dow. INTELLIFRESH™, powered by Dow SILVADUR™ antimicrobial technology, utilizes a patented, smart delivery system that enables long-lasting protection by minimizing the growth of odor-causing bacteria on fabric surfaces.
When you look up “silvadur” on a msds from Dow chemical you will find that in is an antimicrobial and is listed as causing skin irritation, eye damage, harmful if inhaled, and toxic to aquatic life. The ingredients are listed as Nitric Acid, Silver Nitrate, and Imidazole acrylic ester copolymer. That last is classed “Trade Secret”. If you look up “Imidazole”, you will find that the EPA lists it as a pesticide and is considered toxic..
Hanes is doing the same thing, only they call it “Fresh I.Q.” Notice the use of words to promote things used in industry today to give you the impression if you buy into these scams that you are “smart”. Like “smart” meters, etc.
In my opinion after looking up all of the dangerous chemicals they are putting in these clothes you will have a lot of problems if you buy them. It may take years for some to show up in some people, but others that are more sensitive could show up right away. Stay away from anything with advertising words like “intelligent” “Smart”, “I.Q.”, etc. So far they are all scams and are are very potentially bad for you in many ways.

In Jan of 2019 I bought Hanes underwear and used it for couple of days. I developed severe rash within a week. It started at the waist and spread to the groin and armpits, then to the ribs and back. It was very itchy and painful. I then went to see my doctor who could not figure out what caused this rash that looked like poison Ivy. We went over a laundry list of things that I wore, used or ate and could not come up with anything concrete, even though I mentioned to the Dr that I wore the new type of synthetic underwear from Hanes but he did not pay too much attention. I suffered with this rash for 6-8 weeks and tried all kinds of itch relieving lotions, soaps, ointments, etc but nothing worked. I then tried Almond Oil and it seemed to have done the magic and got the rash and itch under control within couple of days. I made the mistake of keeping those 3 underwear and last week I decided to try it out and see if the rash comes back . Believe it or not, it came back but is limited to the groin and armpit area. The almond oil is helping to relieve the itch and rash temporarily but it keeps coming back. Will see a dermatologist soon to see if he has any ideas and also call up Hanes customer support to find out if they are aware of any allergic reactions to their underwear, probably it is something in the elastic waist band that is triggering this rash.

If you are using dryer sheets, try doing a few loads of laundry without them. That cleared up a skin problem that my wife had…she’d tried all sorts of other things, but stopping the dryer sheets did the job.

The word of honour.

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i got a issue with elastic, I never would of thought the elastic in my underwhere, and suspenders would cause me so much greef.cutting to the chase I was told I had sciatica,and beleave me it had all the symtoms,but as days and months went on the suspenndes I wear x in the back and straight down the front left a burning feeling the u/wear the same. SO as of today no suspenders and ive turned the elastis away from my skin and used my eppi pen to speed up the prosses to recovery