Washing your clothes made from synthetic fabrics like acrylic, nylon, and polyester causes them to shed hundreds of thousands of microplastic fibers. Now, new research shows that just wearing ...

A woman has gone viral after warning viewers about the dangers of polyester. At the time of writing, Ryan-Alexandra (@ryanalexandrapetit) has amassed 1.6 million views on her cautionary TikTok. She ...

Polyester clothes smell worse than cotton, following intensive exercise by their wearers, because bacteria that cause odor grow better on polyester, according to research. Freshly secreted sweat has ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Cotton is struggling to compete against synthetic fibers, with polyester now the most widely used fiber in the world. The synthetic material accounts for more than half of the ...

Today we make more clothing than ever before. And the driver for this is primarily economic, rather than human need. Over the past decade, the term “circular economy” has entered the fashion industry ...

After analysing various fibres, they found that clothes made from polyester and nylon were more likely to stink than those made from plant-based fibres such as cotton and viscose. 'If you're concerned ...

Polyester fabric production almost came to a standstill in the textile hub of Sircilla with most of the powerloom units in the town remaining shut due to lack of orders and accumulated stocks of ...

Deputy leader of the opposition in the assembly UT Khader said the decision to allow polyester cloth material, instead of khadi, for the tricolour is an insult to the freedom movement of the country.