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Quantification of different microplastic fibres discharged from textiles in machine wash and tumble drying

Microplastic fibres released in synthetic cloth washing have been shown to be a source of microplastics into the environment. The annual emission of polyester fibres from household washing machines has earlier been estimated to be 150,000 kg in a country with a population of 5.5 × 10(6) (Finland). T...

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Autores principales: Kärkkäinen, Niina, Sillanpää, Markus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7969573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33340055
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-11988-2