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How your pile of laundry fills the sea with plastic pollution

2017 2 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Natalie Welden

Summary

This article explained how synthetic microfibers shed during laundry washing are entering waterways and accumulating in the ocean, contributing to the growing microplastic pollution crisis. Laundry-derived microfibers are now recognized as one of the dominant sources of microplastic contamination in freshwater and marine environments worldwide.

After decades of intense observation and campaigning by conservation groups, awareness of microplastic pollution has fortunately grown. There is now worldwide concern about tiny pieces of plastic l...

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