Page "Clothing" Paragraph 8

Clothing protects people against many things that might injure the uncovered human body.

Clothes act as protection from the elements, including rain, snow and wind and other weather conditions, as well as from the sun.

However, if clothing is too sheer, thin, small, tight, etc., the protection effect is minimized.

Clothes also reduce the level of risk during activity, such as work or sport.

Clothing at times is worn as protection from specific environmental hazards, such as insects, noxious chemicals, weapons, and contact with abrasive substances.

Conversely, clothing may protect the environment from the clothing wearer, as with doctors wearing medical scrubs.