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- 1Kitchen sponges shed trillions of microplastic fibers, study finds●Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers
New research indicates that common plastic cleaning sponges release trillions of microplastic fibers as they wear down, sending the particles into wastewater and the environment. The finding adds everyday household products to the growing list of microplastic sources, and online readers are debating how much plastic routine cleaning contributes to pollution and what safer alternatives might exist.