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Sewing and microfiber release (self.sewing)

submitted 1 year ago by Papanca to c/sewing

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I'm going to cut a microfiber cloth in pieces to make small cloths to clean your glasses with. So, i was researching which overlock stitch best to use on my regular sewing machine and suddenly came across this scientific article:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969723048726

Such a totally unexpected find, but it does make me think. I just had to share it with you, makes for a bit of a change, right :-)

(I submitted this post earlier, but it seems to never have made it to the community, so apologies if you see this post twice)

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[–] d3Xt3r 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I mean, this goes beyond sewing and microfiber to all synthetics containing plastic: that includes materials like polyester, nylon, acrylic etc. I would personally recommend avoiding ALL plastics as much as you can, when it involves your food (so no plastic containers, food processor jars etc) and of course, avoid clothes made from these materials completely.

At the very least, you should avoid tops and bedding/blankets/pillows made from synthetics, to reduce the amount of microplastics you're breathing in to your lungs. Microplastics/nanoplastics are pretty much everywhere now and they're known to cross your blood-brain barrier, cause inflammation and can even cause cancer. We're in too deep to avoid it completely now, but we can certainly try and reduce our exposure to it.

Also see: https://www.meghantelpner.com/blog/your-clothes-are-made-of-plastic/

[–] Papanca 2 points 1 year ago

I completely agree with you and in our household we are trying our best to fight this! Though it is tiresome, because it can take a lot of work to find things not made out of plastic and often it is more expensive.

Even secondhand clothing is now a market where things are becoming more expensive because they noticed an increased interest for it. So, now marketing does its best to market secondhand stuff as good for the environment and prices go up and up