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Before PUR made anything, we spent time studying the material conversation around plastic, performance, contamination, and better manufacturing.

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Innovation

A chemist making leather from mushrooms. Stella McCartney and Adidas are already using it. This is where materials are going.

Innovation

What if we could grow clothes from microbes instead of making them from oil? Suzanne Lee on why biofabrication changes everything.

Industry

Two minutes. Animated. 60% of all clothing is made from plastic. Every wash sends microfibers into the water. Worth knowing.

Innovation

Textile dyeing is one of the most water-intensive industrial processes on earth. Natsai Audrey Chieza is replacing chemical dyes with living bacteria.

Netflix

A new Netflix documentary on reducing exposure to plastics, microplastics, and the chemicals inside them. Streaming now.

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Industry

NPR Fresh Air

Is toxic fashion making us sick? NPR looks at the chemicals lurking in our clothes.

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Industry

Plastic People

Award-winning 2024 documentary. A journalist tests her own body for microplastics and finds them in organs, blood, and brain tissue. Premiered at SXSW.

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Industry
Industry

The documentary that started the conversation. Where your clothes come from, what they cost, and who pays the price.