{"id":2538,"date":"2012-01-30T19:28:29","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T03:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/?p=2538"},"modified":"2012-01-30T20:27:19","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T04:27:19","slug":"microscopic-plastic-debris-from-washing-clothes-is-accumulating-in-the-marine-environment-and-could-be-entering-the-food-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/30\/microscopic-plastic-debris-from-washing-clothes-is-accumulating-in-the-marine-environment-and-could-be-entering-the-food-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Microscopic plastic debris from washing clothes is accumulating in the marine environment and could be entering the food chain&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><em>From the BBC&#8230;<\/em><\/h1>\n<h1>Accumulating &#8216;microplastic&#8217; threat to shores<\/h1>\n<p>By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-16709045<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/30\/microscopic-plastic-debris-from-washing-clothes-is-accumulating-in-the-marine-environment-and-could-be-entering-the-food-chain\/bbc-plastic-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2553\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2553\" title=\"bbc-plastic\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bbc-plastic2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bbc-plastic2.jpg 304w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bbc-plastic2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bbc-plastic2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Microscopic plastic debris from washing clothes is accumulating in the marine environment and could be entering the food chain, a study has warned. ..Researchers traced the &#8220;microplastic&#8221; back to synthetic clothes, which released up to 1,900 tiny fibres per garment every time they were washed&#8230;Earlier research showed plastic smaller than 1mm were being eaten by animals and getting into the food chain.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>click the photo below to go to the BBC story:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-16709045\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2540\" title=\"_58137998_debris_ap\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/58137998_debris_ap1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/58137998_debris_ap1.jpg 304w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/58137998_debris_ap1-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The new (Feb\/Mar issue) will be posted early on February 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2546\" title=\"COVER-FEB2012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/COVER-FEB2012-217x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/COVER-FEB2012-217x300.png 217w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/COVER-FEB2012-741x1024.png 741w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/COVER-FEB2012.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the BBC&#8230; Accumulating &#8216;microplastic&#8217; threat to shores By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-16709045 &#8220;Microscopic plastic debris from washing clothes is accumulating in the marine environment and could be entering the food chain, a study has warned. ..Researchers traced the &#8220;microplastic&#8221; back to synthetic clothes, which released up to 1,900 tiny fibres per [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2538"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2555,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538\/revisions\/2555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}