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Any garments or products sold outside of the European Union could increase the load on landfills or end up in oceans and large bodies of water, where they can harm aquatic species and potentially end up back in our food and water.

According to a study done by Mark Browne, an ecologist at University College Dublin, microscopic fragments of acrylic, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide and polyester have been discovered in increasing quantities across the northeast Atlantic, as well as on beaches in Britain, Singapore and India.[2]