Extraction, identification, and environmental risk assessment of microplastics in commercial toothpaste

• Published in: Chemosphere (Oxford) Vol. 296; p. 133976
• Main Authors: Madhumitha, Chidhambaram T., Karmegam, Natchimuthu, Biruntha, Muniyandi, Arun, Alagarsamy, Al Kheraif, Abdulaziz A., Kim, Woong, Kumar, Ponnuchamy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2022
• Subjects: Cellophane; environmental assessment; Environmental Monitoring; filtration; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; India; microparticles; Microplastics; Plastics - chemistry; poly(vinyl chloride); polyamides; Polyethylene; Polymers; polypropylenes; Risk Assessment; Toothpaste; Toothpastes; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; India; Toothpaste; Polyethylene; Microplastics; Risk assessment; Cellophane

Microplastics in personal care and food products are given much importance globally due to the adverse impact of microplastics on living beings. In the present study, microplastics from ten different commercially sold toothpaste in India were extracted by vacuum filtration and characterized with mic...