Household dryers are significant sources of microfiber pollution, study finds https://phys.org/news/2025-10-household-dryers-significant-sources-microfiber.html

#environment #microfiber #pollution

Household dryers are significant sources of microfiber pollution, study finds

The fabrics that fill our homes, from natural cotton towels and bedsheets, to clothes produced with synthetic materials, produce microscopic fibers as they break down over time. Previous research has shown that household washers collect and release these microfibers into the environment, and now a new study uses citizen science to demonstrate how dryer vents also produce microfibers under normal household use.

Phys.org

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A plastic #microfiber found in the exhaled breath of a bottlenose #dolphin is nearly 14 times smaller than a strand of hair and can be seen only with a microscope.

The ocean releases #microplastics into the air through surface froth and wave action. Once the particles are released, wind can transport them to other locations.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/10/22/microplastic-pollution-is-everywhere-even-in-the-eexhaled-breath-of-dolphins/

#climatecrisis #Fossilfuels #NanoPlastics #oceans #Pollution

Microplastic Pollution is Everywhere, Even in the Exhaled Breath of Dolphins

Bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay in Florida and Barataria Bay in Louisiana are exhaling microplastic fibers, according to our new research published in

CounterPunch.org

TikToker explains reason why #Lululemon got its name - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G-v-jAUKnk

As a person named Lorraine… I have thoughts on this

Koreans cannot pronounce L either… It drove me crazy as a kid being called Rori or Rorraine…

To name your company b/c you think it’s hilarious to see people struggle saying the name is… sociopathic, mean & cruel

Plus LuluLemon makes trash products & nobody should be wearing #microfiber #spandex #fossilFuel #plasticIsTheNewCoal products anyways. It feels suffocating & also retains odors… super gross

TikToker explains reason why Lululemon got its name

YouTube

@gerrymcgovern imho it’s the rise of #polyester #microfiber #plastic #spandex

Even that 3% elastane woven in w/silk, cotton, wool etc is harmful & it kills your clothes making them unwearable

If we stopped using single use plastic in the form of drink cups, soda/liquid/drink bottles, food packaging, shampoo & product packaging, AND stopped buying #fastFashion #shein #lululemon & the like, it would go far in helping this giant mess we’ve created as these things don’t degrade for 200-400 years #plasticIsTheNewCoal #fossilFuel #COP28

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-09-28/pfas-forever-chemicals-present-in-some-plastic-recyclable-bottles

PFAS Forever Chemicals Present in Some Plastic Recyclable Bottles

A little-known American company has been giving plastic a special touch called fluorination for 40 years. After the EPA discovered treated containers can leach “forever chemicals,” the company refused to stop.

Bloomberg

Irrotin tänään eläkeläiseltä tarrat ja hinkkasin mikrokuituliinalla liimat pois. Toimii!

Tarrat oli pakko lopulta poistaa hygieniasyistä. Ovat olleet lähes 8 vuotta kannessa kiinni. Toki aina uusia voi laittaa, mutta nyt saa eläkeläinen olla hetken alasti.

#Macbook #sticker #microfiber

@olireiv
I wish I had known earlier

It wasn’t until 2015 while taking a requisite textile science class for fashion design that I became aware polyester was a #fossilFuel product as were the plastic bottles

At minimum, (stats probs increased from several years ago last I checked) 60% of new clothing made today is #fossilFuelFiber #microfiber #plasticIsTheNewCoal #plasticPollution #methane

@strypey #microfiber

cons:

1. no bacteria resistence so clothes get stinky fast, thus frequent washing needed

2. microplastics leech into the water with every wash sending microplastics to city sewer systems which don’t typically filter microplastics so they go into rivers. (Perhaps non-issue for septic tanks)

pros:

3. needs no tumble drying; air-dries in an hour; huge+ in the US where all tumble dryers are vented

4? do the dyes of plastics leech out? Plastic colors seem to be baked in