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Washing clothes releases water-polluting fibres, study finds [1]

Each cycle of a washing machine could release more than 700,000 microscopic plastic fibres into the environment, according to a study.

Publication Date: 
27/09/2016
Guardian (UK) [2]
Tags:
Water Pollution [3], Plastics [4], United Kingdom (UK) [5], Marine Ecosystems [6], Marine Pollution [7]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plastics
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-kingdom-uk
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-ecosystems
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-pollution