Hudson River Dumps 300 Million Microfibers Into Atlantic Ocean Daily Lorraine Chow 05 September 2017 Spiros Vathis / Flickr A new study highlights how our laundry contributes to major oceanic pollution. The Hudson River could be dumping about 300 million clothing fibers into the Atlantic Ocean per day, according to new research published in the Marine Pollution Bulletin. Read More Show Less microplastic microfibers plastics water oceans