Inā loaʻa kahi mea i makemake nui ʻia e kēlā me kēia mea hoʻoikaika kino, ka mea pāʻani a me nā mea hoihoi waho, ʻo ia ka lole synthetic. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea like polyester, nylon, a me ka acrylic i ka holoi ʻana i ka makū, maloʻo wikiwiki, a paʻa maoli.
Akā ua hana ʻia kēia mau mea synthetic āpau i ka plastic. Ke haki a ʻōwili paha kēia mau fiber, nalowale ko lākou mau kaula, e hoʻopau pinepine i ko mākou lepo a me nā kumu wai, e hoʻopilikia ai i ke olakino a me ke kaiapuni. E like me kou akahele, ʻo ka mea hewa nui o kēia mau ʻāpana manuahi a pau i loko o kou home: ʻo kāu mīkini holoi.
ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, aia kekahi mau ala maʻalahi e pale ai i nā microplastics mai ka hoʻohaumia ʻana i ka honua me kēlā me kēia kāmaʻa.
E like me ka inoa i hōʻike ʻia ai, ʻo nā microplastics nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka plastic a i ʻole nā fila plastik i ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka maka. No laila, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka hakakā ʻana e pale aku i ko lākou hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana ma mua o ke kūʻē ʻana i nā mauʻu plastik a i ʻole nā ʻeke-he hoʻoikaika ʻia e hui pū ʻia me nā kiʻi ʻehaʻeha o nā honu kai e ʻoki ana i ka ʻōpala. Akā, ʻōlelo ʻo Alexis Jackson, ka mea ola kai moana, he mea weliweli nui ka microplastics i ko mākou kaiapuni. E ʻike ʻo ia: loaʻa iā ia kahi Ph.D. Ma ke kahua o ka ecology a me ka evolutionary biology, ua aʻo nui ʻia nā plastics i loko o ko mākou moana i kona kūlana ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o ke kulekele moana no ka mokuna Kaleponi o The Nature Conservancy.
Akā ʻaʻole like me ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mauʻu metala a i ʻole ka ʻohi ʻana i nā ʻeke hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia, ʻaʻole maopopo ka hopena o kēia pilikia microscopic. ʻO ka mea mua, liʻiliʻi loa nā microplastics no laila ʻaʻole hiki i nā mea kanu lapaʻau ke kānana iā lākou.
Ke paheʻe lākou, kokoke lākou ma nā wahi a pau. Loaʻa lākou ma ka Arctic. ʻAʻole ʻoluʻolu wale lākou, akā hiki i kēlā me kēia holoholona e ʻai i kēia mau liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi hiki ke ʻike i kahi poloka i loko o ka digestive tract, hoʻemi i ka ikehu a me ka ʻai ʻana, ka hopena o ka ulu ʻana a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hana hānau. Eia kekahi, ua hōʻike ʻia nā microplastics e komo i nā kemika ʻino e like me nā metala kaumaha a me nā pesticides, e hoʻololi ana i kēia mau mea ʻawaʻawa i plankton, iʻa, manu kai a me nā holoholona hihiu ʻē aʻe.
Mai laila mai, hiki i nā kinikona pōʻino ke hoʻoneʻe i ke kaulahao meaʻai a hōʻike mai i kāu ʻaina kai kai, ʻaʻole e haʻi i ka wai paipu.
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻohe o mākou ʻikepili i ka hopena lōʻihi o ka microplastics i ke olakino kanaka. Akā, no ka mea, ʻike mākou he mea ʻino lākou no nā holoholona (a ʻaʻole ʻōlelo ʻia nā plastics i kahi ʻāpana o ka meaʻai olakino, kaulike), ʻike ʻo Jackson he palekana ke ʻōlelo ʻaʻole pono mākou e hoʻokomo iā lākou i loko o ko mākou kino.
Ke hiki i ka manawa e holoi ai i kou mau leggings, pōkole basketball, a i ʻole ka lole wicking, aia nā hana e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hana e pale aku i ka microplastics mai ka pau ʻana i ke kaiapuni.
E hoʻomaka ma ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka holoi lole - ʻaʻole ma ke kala, akā ma nā mea. E holoi i nā lole ʻeleʻele a ʻeleʻele paha, e like me nā jeans, ma kahi kaʻawale mai nā lole palupalu, e like me nā T-shirt polyester a me nā lole huluhulu. Ma kēia ala, e hōʻemi ʻoe i ka friction i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka hopena o nā mea ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku o nā mea lahilahi i loko o 40 mau minuke. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole e pau koke kou mau lole a ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻoki ʻia nā fiber i ka wā mua.
A laila e hoʻohana i ka wai anuanu a ʻaʻole wela. Na ka wela e hoʻonāwaliwali i nā fiber a e maʻalahi ka nahae, aʻo ka wai anuanu e kōkua iā lākou e lōʻihi. A laila e holo i nā pōkole pōkole ma kahi o nā pōʻai maʻamau a lōʻihi paha, e hōʻemi kēia i ka manawa o ka haki ʻana o ka fiber. Ke hana ʻoe i kēia, e hoʻemi i ka wikiwiki o ka pōʻai milo inā hiki - e hōʻemi hou kēia i ka friction. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana, ua hōʻemi kēia mau ʻano i ka microfiber shedding e 30%, e like me kahi noiʻi.
ʻOiai mākou e kūkākūkā nei i nā hoʻonohonoho mīkini holoi, e pale i nā pōʻai paʻakikī. He kū'ē paha kēia i kou manaʻo, akā hoʻohana ʻo ia i ka wai ʻoi aku ma mua o nā holo holoi holoi ʻē aʻe no ka pale ʻana i ka chafing - hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia ka wai kiʻekiʻe i ka pae lole.
ʻO ka hope, e hoʻolei loa i ka mea maloʻo. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke koʻikoʻi nui i kēia: Hoʻopau ka wela i ke ola o nā mea a hoʻonui i ka hiki ke wāwahi ʻia ma lalo o ka ukana aʻe. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, maloʻo koke nā lole synthetic, no laila e kau iā lākou ma waho a i ʻole ma luna o ke kaʻa wai - e mālama ʻoe i ke kālā ma ka hoʻohana pinepine ʻana i ka mea maloʻo.
Ma hope o ka holoi ʻana a hoʻomaloʻo i kou kapa, mai hoʻi i ka mīkini holoi. ʻAʻole pono e holoi ʻia nā mea he nui ma hope o kēlā me kēia hoʻohana ʻana, no laila e hoʻihoʻi i kēlā mau pōkole a pālule paha i loko o ka ʻaʻahu e ʻaʻahu hou a ʻelua paha inā ʻaʻole lākou e honi e like me ka ʻīlio pulu ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana. Inā hoʻokahi wale nō wahi lepo, holoi me ka lima ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana e ʻohi.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i nā huahana like ʻole e hōʻemi i ka hoʻokahe microfiber. Ua hana ʻo Guppyfriend i kahi ʻeke holoi lole i hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia e hōʻiliʻili i nā fila haʻihaʻi a me nā ʻōpala microplastic, a e pale i ka haki ʻana o ka fiber ma ke kumu ma ka pale ʻana i nā lole. Hoʻokomo wale i ka synthetic i loko, hoʻopaʻa ʻia i luna, hoʻolei i loko o ka mīkini holoi, huki a hoʻolei aku i nā lint microplastic i paʻa i nā kihi o ka ʻeke. Hiki i nā ʻeke holoi lole maʻamau ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka friction, no laila he koho kēia.
ʻO kahi kānana lint ʻokoʻa i hoʻopili ʻia i ka hose wai holoi holoi kahi koho maikaʻi a hoʻohana hou ʻia i hōʻike ʻia e hōʻemi i nā microplastics a hiki i 80%. Akā, mai lawe nui i kēia mau pōpō holoi lole, i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopaʻa i nā microfibers i ka holoi ʻana: he liʻiliʻi nā hopena maikaʻi.
I ka wā e pili ana i nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe, nui nā brand kaulana i loaʻa i ka plastic, me nā capsules kūpono e wāwahi i nā ʻāpana microplastic i ka mīkini holoi. Akā, ua ʻeli iki ka ʻeli ʻana no ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea holoi lole nā mea hewa. E aʻo pehea e ʻike ai inā he ʻoluʻolu maoli kāu mea holoi ma mua o kou hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana a i ʻole e noʻonoʻo e hana i kāu ponoʻī. A laila e mālama i kāu synthetics mai ka lā āu e holoi ai.
He mea kākau ʻo Alisha McDarris no Popular Science. ʻO ka huakaʻi hele a me ka hoihoi maoli i waho, makemake ʻo ia e hōʻike i nā hoaaloha, ʻohana a me nā malihini hoʻi pehea e noho palekana ai a hoʻonui i ka manawa ma waho. Ke kākau ʻole ʻo ia, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kāna ʻeke ʻeke, kaʻa kayak, ka piʻi pōhaku, a i ʻole ka hele ʻana i ke alanui.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Dec-20-2022