Micro and Nanoplastics

Do 15.09.2022 19:16:58 CEST by BrunO

Micro and Nanoplastics

A common but not official Definition says, plastic particles greater than 5 mm are macroplastics, microplastics are between 50 µm and 5 mm, nanoplastics are smaller than 100 nm and about 800 times smaller than the diameter of a hair.

Why do this particles matter? - According to a study ("Micro- and nano-plastics in edible fruit and vegetables... "), concentrations of microplastics in vegetables and fruits range from 52,050 to 233,000 particles per gram! Apples have the highest and lettuces the lowest concentrations.

Why our salt is packed with plastic

Despite the unquantified risk from microplastics in salt, salt is essential for life and sea salt tends to have trace minerals.

Mikroplastik im Alpenrhein - News - Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen

Schon die Quelle des Rheins weist eine Verschmutzung mit Mikroplastik auf.

Mikroplastik (PDF)

Mikroplastik in unserer Umwelt – Wo findet es sich und wo landet es überall? Präsentation von Prof. Gerd Liebezeit, Institut für Chemie und Biologie des Meeres, Carl von Ossietzky-Universität Oldenburg, Mai 2014

Biodegradable Plastics Are Not the Answer to Reducing Marine Litter, Says UN - UNEP

Report Launched on 20^th; anniversary of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA)

Microplastics: Rhine one of the most polluted rivers worldwide | EurekAlert! Science News

Between Basel and Rotterdam, the Rhine has one of the highest microplastics pollution so far measured in rivers, with the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area showing peak numbers of up to four times the average. Among investigated rivers, the Rhine is thus among those most heavily polluted with microplastics. This is reported by researchers from the University of Basel. Their results have been published in the journal Scientific Reports.

What tiny plastic particles are doing to tiny fish - The Washington Post

New study finds a series of bad effects on European perch.

Quellen für Mikroplastik mit Relevanz für den Meeresschutz

TEXTE 63/2015, Gutachten, Projektnummer 31969, UBA-FB 002147 Quellen für Mikroplastik mit Relevanz für den Meeresschutz in Deutschland von Roland Essel, Linda Engel, Michael Carus - nova-Institut GmbH, Hürth, Dr. Ralph Heinrich Ahrens Köln

Sources of microplastics relevant to marine protection in Germany | Umweltbundesamt

Patagonia's New Study Finds Fleece Jackets Are a Serious Pollutant | Outside Online

Patagonia recently commissioned a study to find out how many synthetic microfibers—the tiny bits of plastic that marine scientists say could be jeopardizing our oceans (and us)—are being shed from its jackets in the wash. The results aren't pretty.

Yale Environment 360: Scientists Find Clothing Sheds Thousands of Plastic Fibers When Washed

Microfibers are polluting our food chain. This laundry bag can stop that | Guardian Sustainable Business | The Guardian

Two German inventors created a laundry bag to prevent shedding microfibers ending up in oceans. Now, Patagonia will start selling it to customers

"Vom Waschbecken ins Meer" - Zu den Umweltfolgen von Mikrokunststoffen in Kosmetik- und Körperpflegeprodukten (PDF)

Mikroplastik erstmals in menschlichen Stuhlproben nachgewiesen | National Geographic

Greenpeace-Check: Kosmetikhersteller verwenden weiter Mikroplastik | Greenpeace

Microbeads: How did companies respond? | Greenpeace International

Microplastic contamination of river beds significantly reduced by catchment-wide flooding | Nature Geoscience

SYNTHETIC POLYMER CONTAMINATION IN BOTTLED WATER (PDF)

AWI researchers measure a record concentration of microplastic in arctic sea ice - AWI

Microplastics found in 90 percent of table salt: potential health impacts?

Microplastics detected in humans for the first time | MedUni Vienna