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AD Try Rocket Money for FREE or unlock more features with premium at: https://RocketMoney.com/lauravonv AD What's the deal with synthetic clothes? This video is part of an ongoing series where I deep dive into understanding the clothes we wear daily. Here is a list of resources I used in putting this video together History - https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/synthetic-threads/ Billiard Balls - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/once-upon-time-exploding-billiard-balls-were-everyday-thing-180962751/ How plastic is made - https://www.bpf.co.uk/plastipedia/how-is-plastic-made.aspx Camphor - https://escholarship.org/uc/item/91g9s5tt Brief history of plastics - https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27442625 Invention of Nylon - https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/nylon-the-creation-of-a-revolutionary-fabric/ https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/synthetic-threads/ Camphor and Plastics - https://escholarship.org/uc/item/91g9s5tt (Mathew Tyler Combs Dissertation that explained SO MUCH TO ME. This was an amazing read) Chemical Recycling Case Study - https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado6827 Fabric Shedding - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00405175241260066 Microfiber pollution - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10919082/ 2021 study on types of fibers shedding in the wash - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8270180/ Also worth reading - A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies by Matt S