Analytical Approach for the Detection of Micro-sized Fibers from Textile Laundry

Jasmin Haap; Edith Classen

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71279-6_11

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Analytical Approach for the Detection of Micro-sized Fibers from Textile Laundry

Springer water 2017

Jasmin Haap, Edith Classen

Summary

Researchers developed improved analytical methods for detecting and measuring synthetic microfibers shed during textile laundering. Better detection tools are essential for quantifying how much microplastic pollution enters waterways through household laundry — one of the largest sources of microfiber contamination.

Contamination of the aquatic ecosystem by microplastic is a growing worldwide problem. Sewage from textile laundry has been identified as a potentially important source of synthetic fragments in the environment; field studies registered synthetic textile fibers in...

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