Low numbers of microplastics detected in drinking water from ground water sources

Mintenig, Svenja M.; Löder, Martin G. J.; Primpke, Sebastian; Gerdts, Gunnar

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.178

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“…Humans may also be directly exposed to MPs through the actual ingestion of these particles from drinking water, honey, beers and table salt [35][36][37][38]. MPs have been found in drinking water sources but in low concentrations [40,78]. Analysis of beer samples in Germany reported about 2 to 79 fibers/L and from 12 to 109 fragments/L [36].…”

Section: Humanmentioning

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Microplastics Exposure Routes and Toxicity Studies to Ecosystems: An Overview

Enyoh

Shafea

Verla

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Environ Anal Health Toxicol

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Plastic products with tremendous consumption are ubiquitous in our daily lives and the annual production of plastics is drastically increasing [1]. It is now expected to reach 33 billion tonnes by 2050 [2] with plastic waste in the environment projected to reach 67.8 million metric tons by the same year [3]. The pollution of plastic cum microplastics (MPs) from degradation in the environment is currently a hot issue attracting the global attention of many scientists, governmental and non-governmental organization and the public media [3-7]. Although few studies have investigated the chemical behavior and toxicity of MPs in the natural environment, studies focusing on its toxicity in tandem with toxic chemicals to ecosystems are scarce [1,4,8]. There are many toxicology reports that MPs are harmful to ecosystems. Terrestrial organisms such as earthworms, soil collembolans, and other animals, as well as plants have been affected by MPs [1,4,9-13]. Also, aquatic organisms such fish, sandhoppers, sea turtle, crustacean and mussel have also been affected by MPs [14-15]. In addition, humans are exposed to MPs via trophic transfer or by direct ingestion, contact and inhalation and plausible effects include lung inflammation and genotoxicity may occur [1,3,16,17]. Aside from the innate toxicity of MPs, they can carry different toxic chemicals such as heavy metals and organic pollutant by adsorption process, and double the effect of such pollutants [1,8,18]. Succinctly, plastic products are made up of mixtures of polymers, fillers, and multiple additives to improve its usability. Also, there are other chemicals including unreacted monomers, starting substances and non-intentionally added substances (NIAS; impurities, side or breakdown products) that are also present in plastic. However, most of these chemicals are not covalently bound to the polymer, so they can be released at all stages of the plastics' life cycle via migration to liquids or solids or via volatilization [1]. Therefore, plastic materials are an important source of human exposure to chemicals.

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Section: Humanmentioning

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Microplastics Exposure Routes and Toxicity Studies to Ecosystems: An Overview

Enyoh

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“…Reported ecotoxicological effects on aquatic organisms such as fishes include reduced feeding activity, growth, reproductive fitness, and neurotoxicity and death (De Sá et al 2018). Microplastic levels in groundwater have thus far been low (Mintenig et al 2019).…”

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A Call for Collaboration among Water Quality and Fisheries Professionals

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“…Reported ecotoxicological eff ects on aquatic organisms such as fi shes include reduced feeding activity, growth, reproductive fi tness, and neurotoxicity and death (De Sá et al 2018 ). Microplastic levels in groundwater have thus far been low (Mintenig et al 2019 ).…”

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Fisheries Volume 45 Number 3 March 2020

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Low numbers of microplastics detected in drinking water from ground water sources

Cited by 739 publications

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Microplastics Exposure Routes and Toxicity Studies to Ecosystems: An Overview

Microplastics Exposure Routes and Toxicity Studies to Ecosystems: An Overview

A Call for Collaboration among Water Quality and Fisheries Professionals

Fisheries Volume 45 Number 3 March 2020

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