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Occurrence of Polyethylene Terephthalate and Polycarbonate Microplastics in Infant and Adult Feces
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Although human exposure to microplastics (MPs) and the health effects thereof are a global concern, little is known about the magnitude of exposure. In this study, we quantitatively determined the concentrations of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polycarbonate (PC) MPs in three meconium and six infant and 10 adult feces samples collected from New York State. PET and PC MPs were found in some meconium samples (at concentration ranges from below the limit of quantification [<LOQ] to 12,000 and <LOQ–110 ng/g dry weight, respectively) and all infant stool specimens (PET: 5700–82,000 ng/g, median, 36,000 ng/g; PC: 49–2100 ng/g, median, 78 ng/g). They were also found in most (PET) or all (PC) adult stool samples but at concentrations an order of magnitude lower than in infants for PET MPs (
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- Zhang, J., Wang, L., Trasande, L., & Kannan, K.
- Venue
- Environmental Science & Technology Letters
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2021-09-22
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 989-994
- ISSN
- 2328-8930 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3199645929
- Cited by
- 469
- References
- 35
- FWCI
- 16.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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