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Does your washing machine kill?

by Oziboomer
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I always thought the plastics killing sea life was derived from plastic bags discarded or other solid plastics that broke down over time.

I was surprised to discover that facial scrubs and other bath products had micro-beads of plastic to add texture.

What was more surprising was what they found in the guts of fish, molluscs etc.

Not a ball of plastic but a string.

Larger surface area and far more toxic once in the environment because it was binding with other nasties.

Where were these strings of plastic coming from?

Your washing machine.

Catalyst: Micro-plastics - ABC TV Science

Best regards,

Ozi
  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    I don't use any "micro-bead" bath products. I'm a basic type of person. Nothing too fancy, but interesting to know.
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    • Profile picture of the author Oziboomer
      Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

      I don't use any "micro-bead" bath products. I'm a basic type of person. Nothing too fancy, but interesting to know.
      The Government here is trying to ban them in Australia.

      The researchers thought those micro-beads would be the biggest issue because they had found them in the organs and blood stream of a variety of fish but what they found to be an even greater problem was synthetic clothing.

      Synthetic clothing makes up about 75% of all clothes world wide and the biggest culprit was fleece jackets.

      Every time you wash your clothes you are releasing the microfibres from the washing machine.
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