Denim microfibres found in remote Arctic

TORONTO - Microfibres from blue denim jeans have been found in the remote Canadian Arctic, according to a new study by scientists at the University of Toronto.

The research, published in the American Chemical Society’s Environmental Science and Technology Letters, found that indigo denim accounted for 20 per cent of all microfibres found in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, just south of Greenland.