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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Gavigan J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7494121 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20200916 9
Synthetic microfibers are found virtually everywhere in the environment, but emission pathways and quantities are poorly understood. By connecting regionalized global datasets on apparel production, use, and washing with emission and retention rates during washing, wastewater treatment, and sludge management, we estimate that 5.6 Mt of synthetic microfibers were emitted from apparel washing between 1950 and 2016. Half of this amount was emitted during the last decade, with a compound annual grow ...[more]