Book Excerpt The Unknown Risks Of Microplastics In Indoor Air Cutting open a single use plastic bag produces particles as the material shears, and ripping one open adds extra energy to fling microplastics into the air. same goes for breaking the seal on a plastic bottle cap. whenever you run your clothes dryer, microfibers tear loose and accumulate in the lint trap. Considering the emerging role of mps as an indoor air pollutant, it is crucial to establish the exposure safety levels for mps in an indoor environment. in future studies, it is necessary to detect the mps for various deterioration scenarios and examine the human exposure risk of these airborne mps.
Book Excerpt The Unknown Risks Of Microplastics In Indoor Air Humans are likely exposed to microplastics (mps) in a variety of places including indoor and outdoor air. research to better understand how exposure to mps correlates to health is growing. to. Critical evaluation of the existing literature revealed the presence of mps at higher concentrations in indoor air and dust (from homes and offices) compared to outdoors. this was attributed to several factors including: indoor mps sources ( e.g. furniture, textiles), increased deposition of atmospheric mps indoors, and less atmospheric mixing. The results highlight the ubiquitous presence of microplastics in inhaled indoor air (fig. 1). the use of the btm as a sampling device yields an accurate local airflow at the chosen conditions. A study conducted in denmark revealed that 59–92% of the mps in indoor air were pet (vianello et al., 2019). recent research conducted in china has identified that the primary sources of airborne microplastics (mps) in indoor air are pet and acrylic fibers (zhang et al., 2020b).
Book Excerpt The Unknown Risks Of Microplastics In Indoor Air The results highlight the ubiquitous presence of microplastics in inhaled indoor air (fig. 1). the use of the btm as a sampling device yields an accurate local airflow at the chosen conditions. A study conducted in denmark revealed that 59–92% of the mps in indoor air were pet (vianello et al., 2019). recent research conducted in china has identified that the primary sources of airborne microplastics (mps) in indoor air are pet and acrylic fibers (zhang et al., 2020b). Concentration of microplastics fragments in the indoor environment was 0–14.6 fragments m3and was lower than the outdoor range of 7.6–23.1 fragments m3. three other techniques were used to assess sampled indoor and outdoor air for their microplastic content. The authors concluded that the risk of inhalation exposure to mps indoors is higher than outdoors due to increased abundance and smaller size of mps in indoor air. 37. a recent investigation of indoor air mps from 20 houses in hull, uk revealed an average household mps concentration of 1414 mps per m 2 per day over a 6 month monitoring period.
The Unknown Risks Of Microplastics In Indoor Air Badass Ape Concentration of microplastics fragments in the indoor environment was 0–14.6 fragments m3and was lower than the outdoor range of 7.6–23.1 fragments m3. three other techniques were used to assess sampled indoor and outdoor air for their microplastic content. The authors concluded that the risk of inhalation exposure to mps indoors is higher than outdoors due to increased abundance and smaller size of mps in indoor air. 37. a recent investigation of indoor air mps from 20 houses in hull, uk revealed an average household mps concentration of 1414 mps per m 2 per day over a 6 month monitoring period.
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