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Very first paragraph of the introduction. > Accordingly, it is expected that products originating from the contaminated water bodies are also loaded with MPs.
by mentalpiracy 10y ago
Very first paragraph of the introduction.
> Accordingly, it is expected that products originating from the contaminated water bodies are also loaded with MPs.
This sentence is the entire premise of the study. Testing non-waterbody-derived salts would not provide any valid data in pursuit of that hypothesis.
Furthermore the entire body of the abstract, introduction, and discussion discusses marine microparticles, impacts on aquatic health, and whatnot.
- wodenokoto 10y agoIt would give us a baseline. E.g, does the salt get contaminated with MP through production and packaging?
- PhasmaFelis 10y agoThat confirms that they assume all their table salt is from water. I have only skimmed the article, so I may be missing something, but the only origin information I saw was country of origin and that they "were purchased from a Malaysian market". If the researchers actually confirmed that each brand came from water and not a mine, they don't mention that that I can see. If I've missed something, please let me know.