Now you have an actual reason not to wash your jeans so often.
TORONTO — They may hug you in all the right places, but your favourite pair of jeans could be contributing to the pollution of Canada’s waters, a new study suggests.
Co-author Sam Athey said previous studies have shown that plastic microfibres from synthetic clothing are polluting oceans and rivers. She said further investigation is needed to understand the impacts of human-processed cotton microfibres on marine wildlife.But earth sciences professor Miriam Diamond said there may not be time to let the scientific process unfold, because the presence of these particles in waters so far away from most of the jeans-wearing population should be cause for global concern.
Athey said the investigation started when she and her fellow doctoral students realized that indigo-dyed cotton fibres kept coming up in samples across their respective areas of environmental research.The researchers set out to study the distribution of denim and other human-processed cotton microfibres across Canada’s water systems.
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