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When Size Matters – Textile Microfibers into the Environment
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Researchers reviewed how textile microfibers — shed from synthetic clothing during washing — are becoming a major and fast-growing source of microplastic pollution across land, freshwater, and ocean environments, raising concern about their long-term ecological impacts.
Microplastics (MP from now on) are synthetic polymers (<5 mm) that have been widely found across the environment, converting these particles in an emerging and fast-growing concern. Any plastic product can contribute to the microplastic pollution, meaning...
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