Question from Bonnie
Hi Debra,
I am shopping and looking at cotton and microfiber mops.
I checked your website and it said microfiber tiny plastic pieces were polluting water.
But I also saw another section that said microfiber is nontoxic.
Could the plastic fibers be inhaled. Are the microfiber mops safe?
Thanks.
Debra’s Answer
It’s not toxic to use a microfiber cloth or mop and it doesn’t give off microfibers into the air.
So I have no reason to tell you not to use a microfiber mop from a health viewpoint.
But microfibers are synthetic materials made from crude oil and they don’t biodegrade.
Cotton, on the other hand is a plant, which will biodegrade gracefully back into the environment after serving as a mop.
