Detected high concentrations of microplastics within apartments and cars. They are really “everywhere.”
It is a study that reinforces the idea: the Microplastics are right everywhere. And humans are constantly ingesting them, unknowingly.
Microplastics can greatly damage the health of those who eat them: respiratory inflammation, lung damage, among other probable problems.
This new estimates the amount of microplastics that may be entering our organisms every day – And it’s a much larger quantity than you thoughtunderlines a.
What is most studied is the ingestion of microplastics through water or food. But these particles are also suspended in the ar. We can ingest microplastics in various environments, without knowing.
In this analysis, the researchers focused on minor particles, between 1 to 10 µm, which would be more likely to be ingested.
How was the microplastics collected? In a very practical and close way: came from the houses and cars of the researchers themselves.
16 air samples were analyzed, with Raman spectroscopy – which provides the structure and chemical composition of a material from the interaction with light.
Nas casas, the average concentration of detected microplastics was 528 particles per cubic meter.
Nos cars, The average concentration has risen to 2,238 particles per cubic meter.
94% of the detected particles were lower than 10 µm.
By combining this information with existing data – about microplastics in internal environments – scientists have estimated: an inhaled adult per day about 3,200 particles larger than 10 µm and 68,000 particles less than 10 µm.
Are more than 71,000 particles per day.
Exposure to smaller microplastics was 100 times higher when compared to previous estimates.
