The impact of fabric conditioning products and lint filter pore size on airborne microfiber pollution arising from tumble drying.

Vented tumble dryers release moist warm air from the drying process to the external environment, usually through pipework linking the appliance to a vent in an exterior wall. Although such dryers contain a lint filter to remove fibers from this air stream, recent reports suggest that this process is...

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Main Authors: Neil J Lant, Margaux M A Defaye, Andrew J Smith, Chimdia Kechi-Okafor, John R Dean, Kelly J Sheridan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265912