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Common Single-Use Consumer Plastic Products Release Trillions of Sub-100 nm Nanoparticles per Liter into Water during Normal Use by Christopher D. Zangmeister; James G. Radney; Kurt D. Benkstein; Berc Kalanyan is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Common Single-Use Consumer Plastic Products Release Trillions of Sub-100 nm Nanoparticles per Liter into Water during Normal Use about?
This study demonstrates that commonly used consumer products such as single-use food grade nylon bags and hot beverage cups lined with lowdensity polyethylene release nanometer-sized plastic particles at number densities >10 12 L −1 when exposed to water. The number of particles released was a function of the initial water temperature (high temperature vs ambient) for each of the tested materials. Mean particle diameters were between 30 and 80 nm with few particles >200 nm. The number of particles released into hot water from food grade nylon was 7 times higher when compared to single-use beverage cups. On a particle number density basis, particles released into water from a single 300 mL hot beverage cup equate to one particle for every seven cells in the human body in a size range available for cellular uptake.
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- Author
- Christopher D. Zangmeister; James G. Radney; Kurt D. Benkstein; Berc Kalanyan
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)