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Do The Arctic A Favor: Stop Washing Your Jeans
Video Credit: Wochit Tech
Published on September 2, 2020 - Duration: 00:44s
Do The Arctic A Favor: Stop Washing Your Jeans
When a team of scientists was collecting microplastic samples from the Canadian Arctic archipelago and the Great Lakes, they noticed something odd.
They saw that the samples were littered with tiny blue fibers.
Using chemical and microscopic analyses, they identified exactly what these specific fibers were: threads from denim blue jeans.
After learning how to separate jeansโ microfibers from others, the researchers examined wastewater discharge before it was emptied into Lake Ontario.