Drinking plastics? – Quantification and qualification of microplastics in drinking water distribution systems by µFTIR and Py-GCMS

Kirstein, Inga V.; Hensel, Fides; Gomiero, Alessio; Iordachescu, Lucian; Vianello, Alvise; Wittgren, Hans Bertil; Vollertsen, Jes

doi:10.1016/j.watres.2020.116519

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“…LOD = limit of detection. 0.9 ± 0.8 PEST 62%, PA 24%, PVC 14% n/a n/a n/a n/a Kirstein et al [9] (blanks subtracted) µFTIR (and Pyr-GC/MS) n/a n/a 171 ± 398 PA 0-100%, PEST 0-100%, acrylic 0-29% n/a n/a n/a n/a Weber et al [11] µRaman n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Oßmann et al [6,35] n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 28 ± 29 PEST 41%, PE 35%…”

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“…Overall, both studies agree that more MP were present in raw than in treated water, however, the abundance was always <1 MP L −1 . Kirstein et al [9] investigated MP in municipal drinking water derived from surface water through artificial groundwater infiltration and additional purification. Samples were analyzed using µFTIR and Py-GCMS.…”

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“…(iii) PEST, PA, and PVC seem to be the most frequent polymers in tap water. (iv) MP sources remain somewhat unclear despite suspecting machinery, treatment methods, and pipe materials [9,32]. Proofing them or other factors to release MP into water will require widespread and detailed investigations.…”

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“…Microplastics (MP, 1 µm-1 mm) are currently being studied extensively. MP have been found in various environments, but also in foodstuffs like seafood [1][2][3], salt [4,5], and drinking water, both from the tap and bottled [6][7][8][9][10].…”

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From the Well to the Bottle: Identifying Sources of Microplastics in Mineral Water

Weißer

Beer

Hufnagl

et al. 2021

Water

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Microplastics (MP) have been detected in bottled mineral water across the world. Because only few MP particles have been reported in ground water-sourced drinking water, it is suspected that MP enter the water during bottle cleaning and filling. However, until today, MP entry paths were not revealed. For the first time, this study provides findings of MP from the well to the bottle including the bottle washing process. At four mineral water bottlers, five sample types were taken along the process: raw and deferrized water samples were filtered in situ; clean bottles were sampled right after they left the bottle washer and after filling and capping. Caustic cleaning solutions were sampled from bottle washers and MP particles isolated through enzymatic and chemical treatments. The samples were analyzed for eleven synthetic and natural polymer particles ≥11 µm with Fourier-transform infrared imaging and random decision forests. MP were present in all steps of mineral water bottling, with a sharp increase from <1 MP L−1 to 317 ± 257 MP L−1 attributed to bottle capping. As 81% of MP resembled the PE-based cap sealing material, abrasion from the sealings was identified as the main entry path for MP into bottled mineral water.

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confidence: 99%

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From the Well to the Bottle: Identifying Sources of Microplastics in Mineral Water

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Hufnagl

et al. 2021

Water

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“…The contamination of the environment and marine water with microplastics is a growing issue that has been addressed by several studies for years now 1 – 10 . But most recently, the studies extended to address drinking water as well, revealing the fact that both tap and especially bottled water are contaminated with microplastics of different shapes, amounts, sizes and plastic types 11 – 20 . This led the World Health Organization (WHO) to issue reports focusing on drinking water quality and its impact on the human health 21 , 22 .…”

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A microfluidic chip enables fast analysis of water microplastics by optical spectroscopy

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Erfan

Sabry

et al. 2021

Sci Rep

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Microplastics contaminating drinking water is a growing issue that has been the focus of a few recent studies, where a major bottleneck is the time-consuming analysis. In this work, a micro-optofluidic platform is proposed for fast quantification of microplastic particles, the identification of their chemical nature and size, especially in the 1–100 µm size range. Micro-reservoirs ahead of micro-filters are designed to accumulate all trapped solid particles in an ultra-compact area, which enables fast imaging and optical spectroscopy to determine the plastic nature and type. Furthermore, passive size sorting is implemented for splitting the particles according to their size range in different reservoirs. Besides, flow cytometry is used as a reference method for retrieving the size distribution of samples, where chemical nature information is lost. The proof of concept of the micro-optofluidic platform is validated using model samples where standard plastic particles of different size and chemical nature are mixed.

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Occurrence and Removal of Microplastics in Drinking Water Systems

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Wager²,

and³

et al. 2022

Microplastics in Urban Water Management

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Drinking plastics? – Quantification and qualification of microplastics in drinking water distribution systems by µFTIR and Py-GCMS

Cited by 219 publications

References 28 publications

From the Well to the Bottle: Identifying Sources of Microplastics in Mineral Water

From the Well to the Bottle: Identifying Sources of Microplastics in Mineral Water

A microfluidic chip enables fast analysis of water microplastics by optical spectroscopy

Occurrence and Removal of Microplastics in Drinking Water Systems

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