Melamine sponges shed microplastics when scrubbed - American Chemical Society
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Melamine sponges may easily erase stains and scuffs, but they are also shedding microplastic fibers into the environment as they’re worn away, according to research in Environmental Science & Technology.
  • jqubed@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 days ago

    I didn’t realize those were plastic. I think of melamine mostly as a construction material so I thought it was more of a mineral, like gypsum.