Variation and Uncertainty of Microplastics in Commercial Table Salts: Critical Review and Validation

• Published in: Journal of hazardous materials Vol. 402; p. 123743
• Main Authors: Lee, Hee-Jee, Song, Nan-Seon, Kim, Ji-Su, Kim, Seung-Kyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.01.2021
• Subjects: Environmental Monitoring; Human intake; Humans; Literature review; Microplastics; Minimum cut-off size; Plastics; Polymer identification method; quality control; risk; Salts; Small-sized microplastics; Sodium Chloride, Dietary; spectral analysis; table salt; Uncertainty; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; Literature review; Polymer identification method; Small-sized microplastics; Minimum cut-off size; Human intake

[Display omitted] •Analytical procedures causing major data gaps and uncertainty were identified.•Large variation of MPs in literature originated from different analytical methods.•10–600 times difference of MP content were found among MP identification methods.•There was a significant correlation b...