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Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers

From	Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
Newsgroups	sci.electronics.design, sci.physics
Subject	Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers
Date	2026-04-18 17:12 +0000
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 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260417085404.htm
Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers
Your “magic” sponge might be quietly adding trillions of microplastics to the planet.
Date:
 April 18, 2026
Source:
 American Chemical Society
Summary:
 That “magic” sponge under your sink may be hiding an environmental downside. While melamine sponges are famous for effortlessly scrubbing away stubborn stains, they slowly break down as you use them—shedding tiny plastic fibers that wash into water systems. Researchers estimate that globally, these sponges could release over a trillion microplastic fibers every month, potentially entering the food chain and affecting wildlife.

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Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-04-18 17:12 +0000
  Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-18 12:32 -0700
    Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-04-19 06:32 +0000
      Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-19 07:45 -0700
        Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-20 03:49 +1000
          Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de> - 2026-04-19 20:16 +0200
            Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2026-04-19 12:03 -0700
            Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-04-19 12:47 -0700
            Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-20 10:40 -0700
              Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-21 05:08 +1000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-20 20:14 -0700
          Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jeremiah Jones <jj@j.j> - 2026-04-19 22:00 -0700
            Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de> - 2026-04-20 09:26 +0200
            Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-20 10:42 -0700
          Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-20 10:37 -0700
            Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers joegwinn@comcast.net - 2026-04-20 14:54 -0400
              Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers joegwinn@comcast.net - 2026-04-20 18:00 -0400
            Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-04-21 05:57 +0000
            Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-21 18:40 +1000
      Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers joegwinn@comcast.net - 2026-04-19 15:12 -0400
        Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-19 12:50 -0700
          Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jeremiah Jones <jj@j.j> - 2026-04-19 21:40 -0700
            Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-20 07:10 -0700
              Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-21 03:17 +1000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-20 10:29 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-21 04:21 +1000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-20 12:01 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-04-21 05:50 +0000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-21 06:45 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-04-21 17:29 +0000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-21 10:57 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-22 16:24 +1000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-22 10:25 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-23 16:17 +1000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-04-22 08:12 +0000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-21 18:53 +1000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-04-22 12:56 +0100
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-23 01:13 +1000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-04-24 19:13 +0000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-04-25 07:29 +0000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-27 12:54 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-04-28 06:44 +0000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-28 10:38 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-28 21:57 +1000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-05-03 15:46 +0000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-05-04 02:34 +1000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jeremiah Jones <jj@j.j> - 2026-04-21 01:05 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-21 06:57 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jeremiah Jones <jj@j.j> - 2026-04-21 10:13 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-21 10:29 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-04-22 12:56 +0100
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-22 07:41 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-23 02:04 +1000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jeremiah Jones <jj@j.j> - 2026-04-22 09:50 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-22 10:21 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jeremiah Jones <jj@j.j> - 2026-04-22 15:31 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-22 16:50 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-23 16:31 +1000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-23 16:23 +1000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-23 01:52 +1000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-22 09:38 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-23 16:51 +1000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-23 08:24 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-24 03:59 +1000
          Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-04-20 06:10 +0000
    Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers legg <legg@nospam.magma.ca> - 2026-04-20 10:03 -0400
      Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-20 07:18 -0700
        Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers legg <legg@nospam.magma.ca> - 2026-04-28 08:25 -0400
          Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-28 07:01 -0700
            Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-29 03:42 +1000
              Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-28 12:51 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-29 14:58 +1000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-29 08:25 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-30 01:44 +1000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-29 09:45 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-30 23:12 +1000
  Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2026-04-19 11:04 +0200
  Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers legg <legg@nospam.magma.ca> - 2026-04-20 10:07 -0400
    Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-20 07:55 -0700
      Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-21 03:35 +1000
        Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-20 12:07 -0700
          Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-04-21 05:35 +0000
            Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-21 07:03 -0700
              Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-04-21 17:19 +0000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-21 10:42 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-04-22 07:55 +0000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-22 08:04 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-04-23 06:22 +0000
          Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-21 21:35 +1000
            Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-21 07:12 -0700
              Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-04-21 17:11 +0000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-21 10:52 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-04-22 07:21 +0000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-22 10:13 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-04-23 06:49 +0000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-23 11:07 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-23 17:08 +1000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-23 11:14 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de> - 2026-04-23 21:15 +0200
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-23 12:26 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-24 05:18 +1000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-23 12:30 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-23 02:33 +1000
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers joegwinn@comcast.net - 2026-04-22 12:46 -0400
              Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers KevinJ93 <kevin_es@whitedigs.com> - 2026-04-21 11:06 -0700
                IRe: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-21 17:08 -0700
                Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-04-22 12:56 +0100
              Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-23 02:22 +1000
      Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers legg <legg@nospam.magma.ca> - 2026-04-22 08:11 -0400
        Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-22 10:18 -0700
          Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-04-23 17:17 +1000
            Re: Common cleaning sponge found to release trillions of microplastic fibers john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-23 11:23 -0700

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