Brian Resnick was Vox’s science and health editor and is the co-creator of Unexplainable, Vox’s podcast about unanswered questions in science. It’s no secret that too many of the plastic products we use end up in the ocean. But you might not be aware of one major source of that pollution: our clothes. Polyester, nylon, acrylic, and other synthetic fibers — all of which are forms of plastic — are n
![More than ever, our clothes are made of plastic. Just washing them can pollute the oceans.](https://cdn-ak-scissors.b.st-hatena.com/image/square/1e6142cd05d1dcb6a58403a720fba628af73fd2d/height=288;version=1;width=512/https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.vox.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2Fchorus%2Fuploads%2Fchorus_asset%2Ffile%2F13115229%2Flead_art_4_plastics.jpg%3Fquality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%26crop%3D0%2C3.4842854410982%2C100%2C93.031429117804)