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Fast fashion is made with alarmingly high amounts of toxic chemicals, say authorities. 5 substances can affect your immune system.

South Korean officials found that children’s clothes from Temu and AliExpress contained toxic substances. Many fashion brands use toxic chemicals like PFAS and phthalates, which have come under increasing scrutiny. Consumers face less risk getting sick from these ingredients in clothing than textile plant workers do. Editor’s note: This list was first published in August […]

How the coronavirus defeats the innate immune response

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has an enzyme that can counteract a cell’s innate defense mechanism against viruses, explaining why it is more infectious than the previous SARS and MERS-causing viruses. The Kobe University discovery may point the way to the development of more effective drugs against this and possibly similar, future diseases. When a virus […]