• @[email protected]
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    72 days ago

    Please post a picture of the tag on the shirt you are wearing right now.

    The overwhelming majority of microplastics in your body are polyester fibers, and most of those originally came from textiles.

    • @ClinicallydepressedpoochieOP
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      31 day ago

      I thought the majority was from tires. There are other synthetics that use organics for cloths. But yeah the shirt I’m wearing right now is virtually a plastic bag.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 day ago

        Tires are, indeed, a major source of microplastics, but tires are used outdoors, and you probably spend most of your time indoors.

        Check your lint trap: those are the kind of microplastics you have in your brain.

          • @[email protected]
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            31 day ago

            And yet, we’re both wearing plastic bags…

            My point is that synthetic fiber is the area we have to focus on to address your primary concern.