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September 15, 2011

Synthetic lint ends up in oceans.

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Synthetic lint ends up in oceans.
Every time a garment made from polyester or other synthetic fabric goes through the wash, it sheds tiny plastic fibers. Thousands of them. It turns out that these fibers end up fouling coastal environments throughout the globe, a global research team finds.
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