Name: 10の危険なファッショントレンド (10 Dangerous Fashion Trends)
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I mean, skinny jeans can get a little uncomfortable, yes.

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And maybe you have a friend who spends more time waxing his mustache and trimming his

beard than he does actually bathing himself.

But your fashion choices probably won’t kill, burn, or poison you.

However, people haven't always been so lucky.

Historically, some pretty dangerous clothing, cosmetics, and accessories have come in vogue,

endangering their wearers and makers alike.

It turns out there are just some things that you really don’t want to put on or in your

body… even if everyone else is doing it.

Let’s start in the 1700s, when skirts were huge, cool guys wore wigs, and the hottest

Specifically, two special pigments known as Scheele’s Green and Emerald Green.

In 1775, Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele developed copper arsenate, an intense, yellow-green

pigment that was more brilliant and longer-lasting than any other green dye.

It was also a lot more toxic because it was made with arsenic.

German scientists soon improved on Scheele’s recipe by inventing an even more vivid green

dye -- copper acetoarsenite, commonly known as Emerald Green or Paris Green.

And society loved it. They used it to decorate everything from fake plants to ball gowns.

For fashionistas, the danger emerged when they’d sweat through their green gloves,

stockings, or socks, and transfer the toxins to their skin.

This caused chemical burns and open sores that absorbed even more of the poison.

A poisonous dust would also flake off of dyed objects, especially wallpapers or twirling

If you breathed in enough arsenic, the poisoning could cause vomiting, ulcers, nerve damage,

But arsenic pigments weren’t the only harmful ones. Some of the first synthetic dyes for

clothes and shoes could cause some pretty nasty health problems all on their own.

Aniline is a toxic organic compound that was first isolated from the indigo plant in the

When ingested, it interferes with blood cells’ ability to carry oxygen.

But in 1856, a chemistry student named William Henry Perkin was trying to use aniline to

create an antimalarial drug, when he accidentally created mauveine, a bright purple dye.

And soon, aniline dyes were all the rage. Their vibrant reds and deep blacks made natural

But I bet you can guess what happened next.

People who wore socks, gloves, and shirts colored with aniline, or shoes that had been

shined with an aniline-based polish, often suffered inflammatory skin reactions or headaches

and dizziness… because the dye was poisoning their blood.

Our next dangerous trend is more like a single horrible incident.

The culprit in this case was zinc chloride, which wasn’t used to dye fabrics, but it

was used in a coating that goes on wool to protect the fabric.

The compound had, and still has, lots of applications, because it’s both highly corrosive and highly

But, one day, in December 1898, over 60 men were hired to clean the streets of Birmingham,

And they were all given new wool overcoats to keep them warm. Nice, right?

Well, most of the men ended up in the hospital, with large patches of destroyed skin around

It turns out, their coats had been treated with an excess of zinc chloride, and when

they got wet from the snow, the toxin dripped onto their skin and caused serious chemical

Now, we’ve talked before about how asbestos has been misused over the ages.

But before anyone knew that asbestos equals dying, it was often worn for protection.

It can form lightweight fibers that can be woven into fabric, and it's famously flame

So, from ancient Rome until at least the early 1980s, lots of dangerous, fire-related jobs

involved wearing uniforms with some amount of asbestos in them.

This was especially true for firefighters.

But, asbestos fibers are incredibly dangerous for human health.

Even when they’re woven into clothing, asbestos fibers can break off into tiny pieces that

When too many fibers build up in your lungs, they cause irritation, inflammation, and scarring,

hindering the ability to absorb oxygen and making it hard to breathe.

Asbestos is also a carcinogen. People who are exposed to large amounts of it tend to

develop an otherwise-rare lung cancer called mesothelioma.

So even though we were using it as protection, asbestos was doing tremendous damage to our

Another fabric that proved to be more harmful than we expected is viscose rayon.

In the late 1800s, chemists were looking for an artificial substitute for natural silk,

which, as sexy as it is, is incredibly time-consuming and expensive to produce.

In 1905, a British company began making a new material: They started with a sticky solution

of dissolved wood pulp, which contains lots of the natural plant polymer cellulose.

They aged it, dumped in some chemicals, and eventually extracted fibers that looked and

One of the key steps in making viscose rayon involved a compound called carbon disulfide,

which is -- as you might guess-- highly toxic!

The fabric was safe to wear, but factory workers suffered.

Prolonged exposure to carbon disulfide can damage the cardiovascular and nervous systems.

This was linked to behavioral and health problems among workers ranging from bouts of mania

But even with these hazards, the popularity of artificial silk kept booming, well into

So you might know the Mad Hatter from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland -- kind of

crazy, drinks a lot of tea? Turns out, he might have some basis in reality.

The phrase “mad as a hatter” was actually used to describe industrial hat-makers in

the mid-1800s, who were poisoned by mercury just by doing their jobs.

Most hats were felted, or made from the fur of small animals.

And to make felt, hatters used a process called “carroting,” where they washed the pelts

in an orange solution containing mercury nitrate to separate the fur from the skin and shrink

But the price they paid for dapper hats was mercury poisoning, which drastically harmed

Mercurial disease, or Mad Hatter Disease, causes extreme emotional states plus physical

effects, like tremors and difficulty walking, speaking, and writing.

Since these hats didn’t poison the general public, the occupational hazards of being

It took half a century or longer for countries to start banning the use of mercury in the