What is foreign garbage? What should I do if I wear foreign garbage clothes?

Foreign junk clothing has always been banned from entering the country, but there are still a lot of people who make money from it. Many people don't know what foreign junk is, but the clothes you buy on Taobao are likely to be foreign junk. Don't panic if you wear foreign junk clothes, you won't get skin diseases by doing this.

Foreign garbage from morgues, funeral homes, and scrap yards

Foreign garbage clothing refers to solid waste that has been explicitly prohibited from import by the country. In addition to common household garbage and electronic waste, there are also waste slag, medical waste and the old clothing waste we are talking about today. The birth of the "foreign garbage" clothing industry is not a recent one or two years. According to the earliest reported first batch of "foreign garbage" clothing was in 1999, when the relevant departments seized a total of 15,000 pieces of old clothing imported from abroad! Since then, this black industry has existed in China for 19 years, and it is not only concentrated in a certain area. Some cities in China even have notorious "foreign garbage" clothing distribution centers.

So, whose old clothes are these batches of "foreign garbage"? Many authoritative units and individuals, including the Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the Ministry of Health, and medical experts, have publicly stated that these foreign garbage come from landfills, waste treatment plants, hospitals, and funeral homes in countries such as Japan, South Korea, and the United States. Some of them are not worn by patients, and some are even taken from the dead.

According to investigators, after these old foreign clothes flowed in, the vendors simply washed and ironed the lower-quality ones in their own washing machines.

Higher-quality clothes are sent to dry cleaners for cleaning, and then labeled and sold to consumers as imported clothing without any disinfection treatment, and sometimes with brand name clothing labels. In addition, there were also cases in the early days where vendors sold old clothes to customers without any treatment.

Don't worry if you wear foreign garbage clothes. Disinfect them in time, such as by exposing them to the sun. If you have symptoms on your skin, you should seek medical attention in time. Foreign garbage clothes come from foreign garbage dumps or even hospital morgues. Moreover, they contain various foreign diseases and infectious sources, and they have always been strictly prohibited from entering the country.

Taobao Store

Look at the place of shipment: Most of the foreign garbage shops ship to coastal areas, and the most exposed places are Guangdong and Fujian

Look at the title: Many stores with the words "vintage" and "old clothes" are usually foreign junk stores.

Look at the pictures: The pictures are piled up like this

Salted Fish

When buying school supplies or Japanese products on Xianyu, remember to ask the seller for the transaction record. Normal sellers will provide it.

They are mainly collected from foreign garbage dumps, hospital morgues, waste treatment plants, etc. After sorting and refurbishment, they are sold at prices ranging from a few yuan to dozens of yuan or even hundreds of yuan per piece. And they are generally not disinfected!

Think about it, the “favorite new clothes” you bought were actually taken from the morgue… Do you feel like vomiting?