Microplastics and their Additives in the Indoor Environment

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 61; no. 32; pp. e202205713 - n/a
• Main Author: Salthammer, Tunga
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 08.08.2022; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: 3D printing; Abrasion; Additives; Admixtures; artificial turf; Emissions; Environmental surveys; fiber fallout; House dust; Household products; Hygiene; Indoor environments; micro/nanoplastics; Microplastics; Minireview; Minireviews; Particulate emissions; Plastic debris; Textiles; Three dimensional printing; Turf; house dust; fiber fallout; monomers; 3D printing; artificial turf

Analyses of air and house dust have shown that pollution of the indoor environment with microplastics could pose a fundamental hygienic problem. Indoor microplastics can result from abrasion, microplastic beads are frequently added to household products and microplastic granules can be found in arti...