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Microfiber fabrics are man-made and frequently used for athletic wear, such as cycling jerseys, because the microfiber material wicks moisture (perspiration) away from the body; subsequent evaporation cools the wearer. Microfiber can be used to make tough, very soft fabric for clothing, often used in skirts, jackets, bathrobes, and swimwear.
August 8 World Lion Day [102] August 10 World Elephant Day: August 12 World Hirola Day [103] August 12 International Wolf Day [104] [105] August 13 National Honey Bee Day: August 15 World Orangutan Day [106] August 19 World Mosquito Day: August 20 World African Wild Dog Day [107] August 26 International Whale Shark Day [108] [109] August 30
Albe Zakes, spokesman for TerraCycle, while expressing support for PPC's goals, has questioned whether switching to glass bottles instead of plastic is better for the environment. [29] In 2021, a Netflix documentary Seaspiracy criticised PPC for not speaking up about the plastic pollution from the commercial fishing industry.
More than 3,200 chemicals of concern have been found in plastics, according to a 2023 U.N. Environment Program report, which said women and children were particularly susceptible to their toxicity.
BUSAN/BAKU (Reuters) -As delegates from 175 countries gathered in Busan, South Korea on Monday for the fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution ...
An article published in Journal of Environmental Monitoring in April 2012 concludes that antimony concentration in deionized water stored in PET bottles stays within EU's acceptable limit even if stored briefly at temperatures up to 60 °C (140 °F), while bottled contents (water or soft drinks) may occasionally exceed the EU limit after less ...
DecaBDE is a type of brominated flame retardant banned by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2021. In the study, researchers estimated that using black plastic kitchenware could cause an ...
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