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Method of cleaning
Washing is a method of cleaning, usually with water and soap or detergent. Regularly washing and then rinsing both body and clothing is an essential part of good hygiene and health. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: WashingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Diversity WashingInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Twenty WishesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Release of synthetic microplastic plastic fibres from domestic washing machines: Effects of fabric type and washing conditionsCited 1,596 times
- Go sideways: Hand washingA closely related topic
- Go sideways: List of Procter & Gamble brandsA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The action of the verb to wash.
Noun Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
Noun The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed.
Noun The liquid used to wash an ore.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Release of synthetic microplastic plastic fibres from domestic washing machines: Effects of fabric type and washing conditions
Contributing to marine pollution by washing your face: Microplastics in facial cleansers
The Harm of Symbolic Actions and Green-Washing: Corporate Actions and Communications on Environmental Performance and Their Financial Implications
The influence of sex, handedness, and washing on the diversity of hand surface bacteria
Soil washing for metal removal: A review of physical/chemical technologies and field applications
Effect of washing hands with soap on diarrhoea risk in the community: a systematic review
The contribution of washing processes of synthetic clothes to microplastic pollution
Washing Away Your Sins: Threatened Morality and Physical Cleansing
🆕 Influential since 2022
Diversity Washing
Microplastics in Wastewater by Washing Polyester Fabrics
ESG Risk Disclosure and the Risk of Green Washing
Ultra washing durable flame retardant coating for cotton fabric by the covalent bonding and interface polymerization
Release of microplastic fibers from synthetic textiles during household washing
📚 Books worth reading
Twenty WishesDebbie Macomber · 2008
Back on Blossom StreetDebbie Macomber · 2007
16 Lighthouse RoadDebbie Macomber · 2001
A Good YarnDebbie Macomber · 2005
The Short Second Life of Bree TannerStephenie Meyer · 2009
1105 Yakima StreetDebbie Macomber · 2011
FlashJayne Ann Krentz · 1998
Absolutely, PositivelyJayne Ann Krentz · 1996
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