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Washing Wool in the Snow

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A reader named Heather recently wrote to ask about "snow washing." She wanted to know if, considering pollution, this is really a good idea? Excellent question. Let's start with the basics. We've been wearing wool since 10,000 BCE. We've only had mechanized clothes-washing devices since the 1850s. Which means that we have quite a lot of experience cleaning our wool without a washing machine. People didn't wash their clothes nearly as often as we do now. The majority of today's clothing contai