You forget a load in the machine overnight, and by the morning, it smells worse than before you washed it.

Most of us are familiar with that “wet dishcloth” smell. Worse, once it’s settled into your clothes, it can be difficult to get rid of.

So what’s going on, and how do you fix it? The answers lie both with biology and with textile science, which helps explain why some fabrics are worse affected than others.

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