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Microplastic Fallout in Different Indoor Environments
Abstract
Microplastics in the air have gradually attracted our attention in recent years; however, temporal and spatial trends of microplastics in indoor air are rarely discussed. In the present study, we tracked microplastic fallout in a dormitory, an office, and a corridor on both workdays and weekends for three months. In addition, an air conditioner was used to understand airflow influence on microplastic resuspension in the dorm. Among the three sampling sites, the highest average microplastic abundance appeared in the dormitory (9.9 × 10 3 MPs/m 2 /d), followed by the office (1.8 × 10 3 MPs/m 2 /d) and the corridor (1.5 × 10 3 MPs/m 2 /d). In the dormitory, the average MP abundance on weekends (1.4 × 10 4 MPs/m 2 /d) was approximately three times of that on weekdays (5.8 × 10 3 MPs/m 2 /d). In the office; however, the abundance on weekends (1.2 × 10 3 MPs/m 2 /d) was 50% of that on weekdays (2.4 × 10 3 MPs/m 2 /d). Microplastic fallout existed mostly in the form of fibers and showed similar polymer compositions to the textile products used in indoor environments. The airflow tests using an air conditioner suggested that airflow turbulence increased resuspension of microplastics. Taken together, we conclude that indoor environments are prone to serious microplastic pollution, but microplastic level varies greatly due to different characteristics of indoor setting. Our results also indicate that textile quantity is one of the main factors affecting microplastic abundance in indoor air, whereas air conditioner-induced airflow turbulence can cause microplastic migration in indoor environments.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Zhang, Q., Zhao, Y., Du, F., Cai, H., Wang, G., & Shi, H.
- Venue
- Environmental Science & Technology
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2020-05-05
- Volume
- 54
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 6530-6539
- ISSN
- 0013-936X (ISSN-L)
- 1520-5851
- OpenAlex
- W3023117921
- Cited by
- 435
- References
- 55
- FWCI
- 11.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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