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    Shoes, clothes without plastic additives

    I get inflammation and pain through contact with modern rubberized plastics such as silicone objects, walking shoes, polyester. Any sources of shoes, especially, that are not made with such material? Clothing that is all cotton, hemp, and/or linen? Bad experience: I was shoe-hunting online and...