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=== Conclusion on Body care products === | === Conclusion on Body care products === | ||
Idea was to find microplastics in body care products to do other experiements with them. The problem in general is, to find a microplastic, figure out which one it is and than use it accordingly to the mussle study or agrar/ soil study. (e.g. can I grow an onion with a layer of plastic skin? Is the plastic stored in the vegetable? Is the microplastic small enough to pass the epidermis of the root? Is microplastic misused in any plant?) | Idea was to find microplastics in body care products to do other experiements with them. The problem in general is, to find a microplastic, figure out which one it is and than use it accordingly to the mussle study or agrar/ soil study. (e.g. can I grow an onion with a layer of plastic skin? Is the plastic stored in the vegetable? Is the microplastic small enough to pass the epidermis of the root? Is microplastic misused in any plant?) | ||
BUT a far greater amount of microplastic origins from washing clothes. (Boucher, J. and Friot D. (2017)) While only about 6% of microplastic origins from Body care products, about 35% of microplastics in the ocean origin from synthetic materials. It is especially unfortunate that these '''recycled''' materials cause microplastics in environments because they are sometimes considered "green". Sewers are neither prepared for microplastics from body care products nor from synthetic clothes. People might understand the danger of something you put on your face to be absorbed by your skin ( e.g. a cream) but less the danger of something that goes into the sewers or in the trash. ( | BUT a far greater amount of microplastic origins from washing clothes. (Boucher, J. and Friot D. (2017)) While only about 6% of microplastic origins from Body care products, about 35% of microplastics in the ocean origin from synthetic materials. It is especially unfortunate that these '''recycled''' materials cause microplastics in environments because they are sometimes considered "green". Sewers are neither prepared for microplastics from body care products nor from synthetic clothes. People might understand the danger of something you put on your face to be absorbed by your skin ( e.g. a cream) but less the danger of something that goes into the sewers or in the trash. (Youtube reference) | ||
=== References === | === References (not sources, but opinions I encounter) === | ||
Youtube comments on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrhjVHOiSkQ Wie kommt unser Plastikmüll ins Meer] | Youtube comments on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrhjVHOiSkQ Wie kommt unser Plastikmüll ins Meer] | ||
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Boucher, J. and Friot D. (2017). Primary Microplastics in the Oceans: | Boucher, J. and Friot D. (2017). Primary Microplastics in the Oceans: | ||
A Global Evaluation of Sources. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. 43pp. | A Global Evaluation of Sources. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. 43pp. | ||
de Souza Machado AA, Kloas W, Zarfl C, Hempel S, Rillig MC. Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems. Glob Change Biol. 2018;24:1405–1416. [https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14020 Doi Link] | |||