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303elliott t1_ird02la wrote

Reply to comment by No-Comparison8472 in Widely used sewer pipe repair technology creates and emits nanoplastics into the air by ajwhelton

I didn't mean to come across as underestimating the severity of that issue, however I don't see this as being anywhere near a major contributor. If we are going to start taking micro plastic pollution seriously, there are hundreds of worse offenders to tackle before we reach this industry

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Nonanonymousnow t1_ird3eea wrote

God I wish the world would adopt and abide by paretos for things like global warming, water usage, etc ...

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Travianer t1_irdfb6k wrote

What do you mean by this?

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mauxfaux t1_irdfre9 wrote

I think (?) he means that by identifying and actually addressing the 20% of the known worst offenders in each category, we would likely eliminate 80% of the problems associated with each category.

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round-earth-theory t1_irdfw2e wrote

Everyone's favorite fabric is a major source of these fibers.

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Illustrious_Crab1060 t1_irjdcjq wrote

Good for temperature regulation and not freezing to death after sweeting but bad for the environment and us eventually

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manfre t1_ire3ivj wrote

There may be worse industries, but we shouldn't ignore/defer smaller contributors. We can work on improving any we identify in parallel.

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