Instead of waste material, architects in Amsterdam are experimenting with a mix of one-quarter plastic microfibers and three-quarters plant-based oil.

除了用废弃材料外，达姆斯特丹的建筑师们在实验用四分之一份的塑料微纤维和四分之三份的植物油基混合物来打印。

My family cat Murphy decided to sit on my lap, on top of a microfiber blanket.

我家的猫咪想坐在我的膝盖上超细纤维毯子上面。

And the number of microplastics and microfibers that they could release.

以及它们可以释放的微塑料和微纤维的数量。

Washing polyester clothing can create microfibers, which may end up in the ocean.

洗涤涤纶衣物会产生超细纤维，最终可能会进入海洋。

They found microfibers from other fabrics too.

他们也从其他织物中发现了超细纤维。

Microfibers make up a lot of the smallest bits of pollution found there.

超细纤维构成了那里发现的许多最小的污染。

But chemically treated natural microfibers, such as denim, might be just as worrying, says Athey.

但 Athey 说， 经过化学处理的天然超细纤维， 如牛仔布，可能同样令人担忧。

So I've got this microfiber towel situation.

所以我有这种超细纤维毛巾的情况。

This is like a reusable, cool little microfiber towel.

这就像一条可重复使用的凉爽小超细纤维毛巾。

And I'm gonna use this microfiber towel.

我要用这条超细纤维毛巾。

Athey studies sources of microfibers as a graduate student in Canada at the University of Toronto in Ontario.

作为研究生， Athey 在加拿大安大略省多伦多大学研究超细纤维的来源。

These microfibers flow out of washing machines, down the drain and into the world's rivers, lakes and oceans.

这些超细纤维从洗衣机中流出， 流入下水道， 流入世界各地的河流、湖泊和海洋。

Imari Walker Karega studies how plastic microfibers enter and affect water environments.

Imari Walker Karega 研究塑料微纤维如何进入和影响水环境。

" We found that the cause was not the microfibers themselves but rather the chemicals released from them, " Melgert says.

“我们发现原因不是微纤维本身，而是它们释放的化学物质，”梅尔格特说。

Smaller organisms, such as plankton, also could eat microfibers, Walker Karega says.

Walker Karega 说， 较小的生物， 如浮游生物， 也可以吃微纤维。

" We just don't really know all the effects of all microfibers as a class on our environment, " she concludes.

“我们只是真的不知道所有超细纤维作为一个类别对我们环境的所有影响， ” 她总结道。

Immunologist Barbro Melgert of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands has studied the effects of nylon microfibers on human tissue grown to resemble lungs.

荷兰格罗宁根大学的免疫学家巴布罗·梅尔格特研究了尼龙微纤维对长成类似肺部的人体组织的影响。

" Everyone wears jeans so it could be our largest input of microfibers into our streams and soils, " Walker Karega says.

“每个人都穿牛仔裤， 所以它可能是我们向溪流和土壤中输送的最大量的微纤维， ” Walker Karega 说。

Specialized microplastics-removal devices, including laundry balls, laundry bags and filters that attach to washing machines, are designed to reduce the number of microfibers making it into waterways.

专门的微塑料去除装置，包括洗衣球、洗衣袋和洗衣机上的过滤器，旨在减少进入水道的微纤维数量。

These synthetic fibers in the vest degrade overtime and they shed microfibers and microplastics which pollute our environment, are ingested by wildlife, and they even pose a risk to human health.

背心中的这些合成纤维会随着时间的推移而降解，它们会脱落微纤维和微塑料，污染我们的环境，被野生动物摄入，甚至对人类健康构成威胁。