Incidence of microplastics in personal care products: An appreciable part of plastic pollution

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 742; p. 140218
• Main Authors: Sun, Qing, Ren, Shu-Yan, Ni, Hong-Gang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 10.11.2020
• Subjects: aquatic environment; Asia; Environmental exposure; Europe; geometry; Global release; microbeads; Microplastics; Personal care products; pollutants; pollution; polyethylene; Asia; Europe; Personal care products; Environmental exposure; Microplastics; Global release

Microplastic had been commonly used in personal care products (PCPs) until it was documented to be a pollutant. The relative contents of microplastics in PCPs decrease in the order of the USA, Europe, and Asia. The geometric means of the abundance and mass of microplastics found in PCPs were 2162 pa...