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Microplastics Originating from Polymer Blends: An Emerging Threat?
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Bioeconomy and Health, Material and Surface Design.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9585-1961
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
2021 (English)In: Environmental Science and Technology, ISSN 0013-936X, E-ISSN 1520-5851, Vol. 55, no 8, p. 4190-4193Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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No one can have missed the growing global environmental problems with plastics ending up as microplastics in food, water, and soil, and the associated effects on nature, wildlife, and humans. A hitherto not specifically investigated source of microplastics is polymer blends. A 1 g polymer blend can contain millions to billions of micrometer-sized species of the dispersed phase and therefore aging-induced fragmentation of the polymer blends can lead to the release of an enormous amount of microplastics. Especially if the stability of the dispersed material is higher than that of the surrounding matrix, the risk of microplastic migration is notable, for instance, if the matrix material is biodegradable and the dispersed material is not. The release can also be much faster if the matrix polymer is biodegradable. The purpose of writing this feature article is to arise public and academic attention to the large microplastic risk from polymer blends during their development, production, use, and waste handling.

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2021. Vol. 55, no 8, p. 4190-4193
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-52654DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c00588PubMedID: 33733742OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-52654DiVA, id: diva2:1547435
Available from: 2021-04-26 Created: 2021-04-26 Last updated: 2023-05-17Bibliographically approved

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