Polyester clothing has been causing a stir online. But how valid are the concerns?

There has been a lot of conversation on social media about the downsides of polyester. But are those downsides as bad as they ...
PBS

Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what people are doing about it

Bottles and bags, food wrappers and straws. Piping, packaging, toys and trays. Plastic is everywhere — and yet some people may be surprised at how much they actually wear. A typical closet is loaded ...
CNN

From Norway to Canada, the Arctic Ocean is being polluted by tiny plastic fibers from our clothes

Tiny microfiber strands, washed into the ocean from laundering our clothes or from industrial wastewater, are polluting one of the most remote regions on Earth. While microplastics – those measuring ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Polyester clothing is everywhere. That’s brutal for our waterways

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Yahoo

“I no longer can keep up with everything that’s toxic”: Anti-plastic TikToker explains what’s so nasty about the polyester fiber fill inside pillows and stuffed animals

Plastic is everywhere—woven into our clothes, wrapped around our food, even stuffed into our pillows. While most of us already know about microplastics in oceans and single-use bottles, there’s one ...
Newser on MSN

Fibers shed by your clothes could cause trouble for plants

Those fleece sweaters in your washing machine may be doing more than clogging the lint trap—they could be slowing down your ...
CNN

From Norway to Canada, the Arctic Ocean is being polluted by tiny plastic fibers from our clothes

Tiny microfiber strands, washed into the ocean from laundering our clothes or from industrial wastewater, are polluting one of the most remote regions on Earth. While microplastics – those measuring ...