Septic Care: A New Wastewater Treatment Challenge

New studies indicate that the fibers in our clothes could be poisoning our waterways and food chain on a massive scale. Microfibers — tiny threads shed from fabric — have been found in abundance on shorelines where wastewater is released. In fact, 85 percent of the human-made material found on the shoreline were microfibers, and matched the types of material, such as nylon and acrylic, used in clothing. Microfibers are so small they are too small to see. They can be as small as 3 microns. In comparison, a human hair is 50-100 microns.In a recent study, researchers at the University of California