| abstract |
A garment or footwear based on a synthethic thermoplastic polymer material containing (a) an antibacterial agent selected from phenolic antimicrobial compounds of the formula (I) wherein n is 0 or preferably 1, R1 and R2 are hydrogen or chloro, R3 is hydroxyl or preferably hydrogen, R4, R5 and R6 are hydrogen or chloro, R7 is hydroxyl, and X is a direct bond, -NHCONH-,- CH2- or preferably -O-; and (b) an antifungal agent selected from benzimidazole fungicides, triazoles, 2,4- bis(alkylamino)pyrimidines, isothiazolinon fungicides, 10,10'-oxy-bis-phenoxyarsen, zinc pyrithione has good antimicrobial properties. |