Here's why drying wet clothes indoors could be seriously damaging your health

If you live in an apartment with no balcony and only a communal rooftop, then you'll know all too well the struggles of drying your clothes.

There's days when you hang them out only to be heard pounding up the stairs 20 minutes later as the heavens open and massive downpour threatens to ruin your whole morning's work.

And then there's other times when you hang your clothes in your apartment for the whole day, only to think that night that they would already be dry if you had just hung them outside.

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Well it turns out that even if you are stuck with time, you're afraid of rain ruining them or you just couldn't be bothered hanging them outside, speckling your apartment with your wet clothes could actually be really detrimental to your health.

According to research by the National Aspergillosis Centre in Manchester, leaving your clothes hanging inside while wet could increase the moisture in your home by up to 30 per cent, creating the perfect atmosphere for harmful mould and bacteria - which as we know are linked with lung infections.

“One load of wet washing contains almost two litres of water, which is released into the room,” Professor David Denning, who carried out research with his team told the Daily Mail.

“Most of us are either immune to the fungus which grows in these humid conditions, or have a sufficiently healthy system to fight the infection,” he continued.

“But in asthma sufferers, it can produce coughing and wheeziness, and in people with weak or damaged immune systems such as cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, Aids patients and people who have an autoimmune disease, the fungus can cause pulmonary aspergillosis – a condition which can cause irreparable and sometimes fatal, damage to the lungs and sinuses."

Professor Denning said if you are in doubt about how harmful hanging your wet clothes inside can be, then just dry them outside, in a tumble dryer or in a "well-ventilated indoor space away from bedrooms and living areas to be safe rather than sorry."

Now if only we had more room in our one-bedroom apartment.

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