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They cite: https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/article/35/6/063319/2895950/How-microplastics-are-transported-and-deposited-in https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/article/35/6
by willcipriano 3y ago
They cite: https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/article/35/6/063319/2895950/How-microplastics-are-transported-and-deposited-in https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/article/35/6/063319/2895950/How...
That doesn't have anything to do with the claim but instead also says:
> Research shows humans might inhale about 16.2 bits of plastic every hour, which is equivalent to plastics used to make a credit card in an entire week. [3]
3 is: https://www.iqair.com/newsroom/microplastics-effects-on-air-pollution https://www.iqair.com/newsroom/microplastics-effects-on-air-...
> In fact, you may be inhaling up to 16.2 plastic bits from clothes and plastic debris every hour. That’s the equivalent of a breathing in an entire credit card every week.
That in turn cites: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-45054-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-45054-w
Where they look at the air in three apartments to determine that number, and that is actually based on the high end of the range.
> All samples were contaminated with microplastics, with concentrations between 1.7 and 16.2 particles
Additional considerations:
I bet 16.2 micro particles per hour dosent even add up to a credit card per week, that seems to be something the air quailty company invented.
How did the first paper pass peer review?
- lisasays 3y agoYeah, 16.2 x 5.56 microns per ... umm, I think that's what we should expect from a site called "studyfinds". Article sounds bot-generated (whether it is or not -- it sounds that way). Flagging accordingly.