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>> For many people. . .the polymer is the worst form of planetary pollution since oil spills. Some of that attitude is cultural snobbery, a marker of class alle

>> For many people. . .the polymer is the worst form of planetary pollution since oil spills. Some of that attitude is cultural snobbery, a marker of class allegiance not that different from Ralph Lauren eschewing synthetics in the early ’80s. There it is! HN cant help itself. I love that one of the citations is literally “naturalclothing.com” that seems like a very neutral source. > Yeah, no thanks. I mean you are entitled to the subjective opinion about how comfortable cotton is to work out in, but the objective reality of the mass market is that polyester is hugely popular as a technical fabric. I go backpacking and cotton essential doesn’t exist in the back country, everyone is either sporting wool or synthetics. Wet cotton is cold, rough and doesn’t breathe. I love high performance natural fibers, and own a lot of wool and down, but I’d be lying if I didn’t say that polyester has advantages over wool (less so down). Is there any evidence that plastic can enter our body transdermally? I find it extremely unlikely and honestly quite far-fetched given everything I know about the skin.

silisili 4y ago
It doesn't have to enter transdermally...we just breathe it in! The stuff sheds microplastics just in normal wear... https://www.inputmag.com/style/microfibers-clothes-fashion-pollution-n95-masks-covid-19-recovery-study https://www.inputmag.com/style/microfibers-clothes-fashion-p...
- kurthr 4y ago
  Wow, went down that rabbit hole, and what awful reporting, spammed all over the place without real attribution. It wasn't even published/reviewed, it's BioRXiv with heavy promotion. However, I did find a paper with something other than breathless commentary on microplastics. Interestingly, it's mostly unwoven PE/PS fabrics that generate microplastics, except in the case of nylon which decays in UV. Also many allergies due to synthetic contact are due to coatings (for wear and flammability) not the materials themselves. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969721046295 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972... https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.25.428144v3 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.25.428144v3
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silisili 4y ago

It doesn't have to enter transdermally...we just breathe it in! The stuff sheds microplastics just in normal wear... https://www.inputmag.com/style/microfibers-clothes-fashion-pollution-n95-masks-covid-19-recovery-study https://www.inputmag.com/style/microfibers-clothes-fashion-p...

kurthr 4y ago
Wow, went down that rabbit hole, and what awful reporting, spammed all over the place without real attribution. It wasn't even published/reviewed, it's BioRXiv with heavy promotion. However, I did find a paper with something other than breathless commentary on microplastics. Interestingly, it's mostly unwoven PE/PS fabrics that generate microplastics, except in the case of nylon which decays in UV. Also many allergies due to synthetic contact are due to coatings (for wear and flammability) not the materials themselves. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969721046295 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972... https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.25.428144v3 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.25.428144v3

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