When Michael Corrigan first wrote his ground-breaking article "Do activated-carbon garments really work?", I had no idea exactly how hot the topic would actually get. I figured the makers of activated-carbon clothing would release their lab tests to show that their product really does work, since they do claim that they have such information.

Well, I have yet to see the test results and people are still sending in their comments via e-mail. By the way: Please use the message board for that, if you don't mind; I can't keep up with all the e-mails.

Since this subject became a big discussion, I started keeping my eyes peeled for any other articles that might support Corrigan's claim. Well, I've found some. I'm still trying to track down an issue, but I believe the Feb. 1999 issue of Field and Stream contains an article that basically supports Corrigan's article. And, here's the latest findings:

In 2002, a man with a PhD, J. A. Shivik, wrote an article on odor-absorptive clothing. It's a report about a field test he conducted  using search dogs to find people who were wearing activated-carbon clothing. Very interesting stuff!