Synthetic fibers as microplastics in the marine environment: A review from textile perspective with a focus on domestic washings.

By Flavia Salvador Cesa, A. Turra, J. Baruque-Ramos. Science of the Total Environment, 2017

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Subfields: Automotive Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution

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Citations in the corpus

• Microplastics in air: Are we breathing it in? (2018, background): “These small fibers may be shed and released as the clothing 71 wears or during washing [4,5] and drying .”
• Raman Microspectroscopy Detection and Characterisation of Microplastics in Human Breastmilk (2022, background): “Environmental plastic contamination derives from several factors, including mismanaged plastic waste, fishing nets in the sea, and different household and commercial activities, such as washing synthetic textiles, road markings, tires, marine coatings, personal care products, and plastic pellets [6,”
• Diversity of Synthetic Dyes from Textile Industries, Discharge Impacts and Treatment Methods (2021, background): “These fibers are dyed using direct dyes, basic dyes and disperse dyes [38,39].”