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| Jan 2, 2017 at 19:59 | comment | added | Sherwood Botsford | esm.ucsb.edu/research/2016Group_Projects/documents/… at least has several errors where they conflate mass per meter and mass per fiber, which exagerates the issue by two orders of magnitude. The links you cite do not give relative numbers between fiber waste and either nanoparticle or macro particle waste. I have yet to see a report on harm. This is getting concerned over a dripping faucet on the Titanic. | |
| Jan 2, 2017 at 17:51 | comment | added | ElizabethEnviro | Another consideration, depending on the material, is microplastic pollution from the washing machine. Researchers, looking at microbeads, have found that fibres are released into water bodies, likely through washing machines. A quick search recommends against acrylic (theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/27/…) and polyester (pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es201811s via algalita.org/greening-laundry-day-avoid-polyester-fabrics) | |
| Dec 31, 2016 at 2:20 | history | answered | Douglas Daseeco | CC BY-SA 3.0 |