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Our skin alone can’t actually tell if something is wet.
More evidence is needed to understand how laundry could help curb skin disease.
Communal laundries are easy to find in Swedish apartment buildings and can provide a cheap way to do the washing.
You followed the instructions, but the garment still shrunk. Here’s why that can happen – and what to do about it.
The chemistry of laundry detergents is fundamental to their performance. Knowing more about these ingredients will help inform your choices.
Next time you do your laundry, think like an astronaut – wash your clothes as little as possible.
Your washing machine is polluting the ocean.
Simply trying to avoid synthetic clothing won’t fix our microfibre pollution problem
By understanding clothing care labels, you can extend the lifespan of your clothes.
By washing our clothes, we release microfibres into the environment which are then ingested by marine animals.
Western fashion, laundering and style reflected the racialized politics dramatically shaped by profound global transformations bound up with slavery, colonialism and modernization.
Microplastic pollution is a global issue, but where do they come from and how are they transported across the ocean? A new study finds polyester microfibres are common throughout the Arctic Ocean.
Vanuatu has banned them outright, while many Chinese families use just one every 24 hours. So why are Australians still sending millions of dirty nappies to landfill every single day?
Dry cleaning isn’t really dry – it uses chemical solvents. Perc, the most common option, has contaminated soil and groundwater and poses serious health risks, but safer choices are emerging.
As the Wettlaufer inquiry wraps up for the summer, an international research team offers suggestions on how to make nursing homes as good as they can possibly be.
Many socks, towels and other textiles are treated with silver nanoparticles to kill germs and odors. When the silver washes out, it can pollute waterways. Two chemists propose a way to collect it from wastewater.
Eating laundry detergent capsules online is not the fault of the younger generation. In modern society, attention is power.
Our clothes are cheaper, flimsier and shorter-lived than ever. But jeans, a staple of the modern wardrobe, are actually designed to be long-lasting – provided you take proper care of them.
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Doctoral Student, UMass Dartmouth
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Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor in Education, University of East Anglia
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Professor and Dean of the School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT, RMIT University
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Research Associate, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Wastewater Treatment, UMass Dartmouth
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Professor of Sustainable Development, Keele University
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Research Engineer, Deakin University
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Associate Professor in Forensic Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor, Department of History, Classics and Religion, University of Alberta
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Researcher for the Clothing Sustainability Research Group and Lecturer Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University - Newark
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Lecturer in Geography, Loughborough University
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Associate professor, Deakin University
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Adjunct professor, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia