The True Extent of Microplastic Pollution Caused by Clothing Revealed Image Credit: Shutterstock/Dotted Yeti Researchers have discovered that microfibers from clothes are the most pervasive form of Arctic microplastic pollution. The washing of clothes in households across Europe and North America could be having a significant impact on the number of microplastics in the world’s oceans. That is the finding arrived at by the Ocean Wise conservation group, and Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Researchers from these organizations collected samples of seawater from across the Arc...