Most microplastics in French bottled and tap water are smaller than 20 µm - fine enough to pass into blood and organs, but below the EU-recommended detection limit
Most microplastics in French bottled and tap water are smaller than 20 µm - fine enough to pass into blood and organs, but below the EU-recommended detection limit for water quality assessments.
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/water/article?id=10.1371/journal.pwat.0000250
Article Title: Majority of potable water microplastics are smaller than the 20 μm EU methodology limit for consumable water quality
Author Countries: Denmark, France
Funding: This work and the PhD fellowship of O.H. is funded by an 80Prime CNRS grant «4DμPlast» (G.L.R, J.E.S.). This publication was supported by ANR-20-CE34-0014 ATMO-PLASTIC (G.L.R, J.E.S.) and the Plasticopyr project within the Interreg V-A Spain-France-Andorra program (G.L.R) as well as observatoire Homme-Milieu Pyrénées Haut Vicdessos - LABEX DRIIHM ANR-11-LABX0010 (G.L.R).
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/water/article?id=10.1371/journal.pwat.0000250
Article Title: Majority of potable water microplastics are smaller than the 20 μm EU methodology limit for consumable water quality
Author Countries: Denmark, France
Funding: This work and the PhD fellowship of O.H. is funded by an 80Prime CNRS grant «4DμPlast» (G.L.R, J.E.S.). This publication was supported by ANR-20-CE34-0014 ATMO-PLASTIC (G.L.R, J.E.S.) and the Plasticopyr project within the Interreg V-A Spain-France-Andorra program (G.L.R) as well as observatoire Homme-Milieu Pyrénées Haut Vicdessos - LABEX DRIIHM ANR-11-LABX0010 (G.L.R).
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