Microorganism Associated With Selected Second Hand Garments Sold In Umuahia Metropolis, Nigeria: Uzoigwe Ifunanya P

ABSTRACT

Second hand clothes (SHC) also known as Okirika in Nigeria, are clothing items previously used by one person earlier before the present user. The origin ofsecond hand clothing industries dates developing countries. These clothing are mostly affordable and alternative source of clothing material for both the poor and most of the rich. Most ofthese clothing includes sweaters, shirts, trousers, towels, socks, panties, pillow cases, curtains, and bed sheets imported from United States ofAmerica, United Kingdom, Asia. Germany and Netherlands after been used for a while by the initial owners. The worlds’ largest importers offairly used clothings are the sub-Saharan countries, receiving over 25% of global second hand clothing exports (Muthaini et al., 2010). These used clothes are known as bale means a bundle of different kinds of clothes which come from different world regions.