[HN Gopher] Microfibers Released into the Air from a Household T...
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Microfibers Released into the Air from a Household Tumble Dryer
Author : pueblito
Score : 7 points
Date : 2022-01-13 19:16 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| h2odragon wrote:
| good argument for keeping the washer and dryer in the garage.
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| However, these fabrics are shedding lint into the air when worked
| and worn and out too, to some extent, even if not to the rate and
| with the spray that agitation and hot air give them.
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| The obvious solution for maximum health is to wear nothing but
| animal leather (birthday suits count!) and live outdoors.
| londons_explore wrote:
| "condenser dryers" have a lint filter which is supposed to
| collect said microplastics. They also recycle the same air so any
| fibers not collected by the filter stay inside the machine.
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| _However_ , despite all that, I still notice more lint in dust
| around my house in months I use the dryer. I suspect the dryer
| has a poor seal around the front and back of the drum (the seals
| are just made of felt, and as heavy clothes bounce around I think
| they briefly lose contact). That allows steamy linty air to leak
| into the body of the machine, and eventually escape out of
| cooling vents.
| mikewarot wrote:
| If only there were a way to dry clothes that didn't involve heat
| or tumbling. You'd need to do it outdoors to prevent pollution of
| indoor air.
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| I'm sure we could solve this problem, and scale it, if we could
| get a good funding round. ;-)
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