Two Sustainability Students See Opportunity Hidden in Laundry-Induced Microplastic Pollution
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Federal agencies took a major step on microplastics this week. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency designated them as an emerging priority for future drinking water oversight, and the Department of Health and Human Services launched a nationwide research initiative to detect and remove microplastics from the human body.
One major source of that pollution is easy to overlook: on any given day, millions of washing machines hum in homes around the world. What most people don’t see is what...