This is because inside the facility 100 textile looms drum noisily, weaving unique - and much in demand - synthetic fabrics that look and feel like cotton and linen. Polyester and nylon may have a ...

Their study of cotton and polyester clothing after exercise found that a bacterium called Micrococcus – which is known for its odour producing abilities – seemed to love growing on synthetic ...

When you add it up, the total amount of synthetic microfibres going into ... 5.6 million tonnes since we first started wearing those polyester and nylon garments in a big way in the 1950s.