Your kitchen sponge could also be producing air pollution each time you wash dishes, based on a brand new examine — however the identical scientists say there’s a fair larger environmental concern at play.

Researchers from Germany’s College of Bonn discovered that kitchen sponges could also be releasing a statistically vital quantity of microplastics, based on a examine revealed within the journal Environmental Advances in February. The article reveals that kitchen sponges that include plastic materials step by step put on down throughout on a regular basis use, releasing microplastics into wastewater.

Microplastics are teeny, tiny plastic particles that measure smaller than 5 millimeters and have been present in seafood, greens, and even the human mind. They’ve a fair smaller counterpart, referred to as nanoplastics, that are about 1 nanometer huge, or 1/seventieth the width of a human hair.