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Emissions of microplastic fibers from microfiber fleece during domestic washing
Microplastics are found in marine and freshwater environments; however, their specific sources are not yet well understood. Understanding sources will be of key importance in efforts to reduce emissions into the environment. We examined the emissions of microfibers from domestic washing of a new mic...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5099352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27658400 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7703-0 |
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author | Pirc, U. Vidmar, M. Mozer, A. Kržan, A. |
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description | Microplastics are found in marine and freshwater environments; however, their specific sources are not yet well understood. Understanding sources will be of key importance in efforts to reduce emissions into the environment. We examined the emissions of microfibers from domestic washing of a new microfiber polyester fleece textile. Analyzing released fibers collected with a 200 μm filter during 10 mild, successive washing cycles showed that emission initially decreased and then stabilized at approx. 0.0012 wt%. This value is our estimation for the long-term release of fibers during each washing. Use of detergent and softener did not significantly influence emission. Release of fibers during tumble drying was approx. 3.5 times higher than during washing. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11356-016-7703-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-50993522016-11-21 Emissions of microplastic fibers from microfiber fleece during domestic washing Pirc, U. Vidmar, M. Mozer, A. Kržan, A. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Short Research and Discussion Article Microplastics are found in marine and freshwater environments; however, their specific sources are not yet well understood. Understanding sources will be of key importance in efforts to reduce emissions into the environment. We examined the emissions of microfibers from domestic washing of a new microfiber polyester fleece textile. Analyzing released fibers collected with a 200 μm filter during 10 mild, successive washing cycles showed that emission initially decreased and then stabilized at approx. 0.0012 wt%. This value is our estimation for the long-term release of fibers during each washing. Use of detergent and softener did not significantly influence emission. Release of fibers during tumble drying was approx. 3.5 times higher than during washing. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11356-016-7703-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016-09-22 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5099352/ /pubmed/27658400 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7703-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Short Research and Discussion Article Pirc, U. Vidmar, M. Mozer, A. Kržan, A. Emissions of microplastic fibers from microfiber fleece during domestic washing |
title | Emissions of microplastic fibers from microfiber fleece during domestic washing |
title_full | Emissions of microplastic fibers from microfiber fleece during domestic washing |
title_fullStr | Emissions of microplastic fibers from microfiber fleece during domestic washing |
title_full_unstemmed | Emissions of microplastic fibers from microfiber fleece during domestic washing |
title_short | Emissions of microplastic fibers from microfiber fleece during domestic washing |
title_sort | emissions of microplastic fibers from microfiber fleece during domestic washing |
topic | Short Research and Discussion Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5099352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27658400 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7703-0 |
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