Consumer concern about microfiber pollution is not without warrant. Leading researchers and Cotton Incorporated released a study in Nature Communications that revealed synthetic clothing contributes 7 ...

And along with "devil's dust" — the term fashion conservators use for crumbling synthetic fibres — plastic-based clothing presents other issues for wearers. Many iconic mid-century styles were ...

Synthetic fibers discovered in Antarctic air, seawater, sediment and sea ice as the 'pristine' continent becomes a sink for plastic pollution. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www ...

They found that synthetic fibres made up 92 per cent of the microplastic pollution in these samples, and 73 per cent of this is polyester. Advertisement Microplastics are pieces of plastic which ...