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Exploring Everyday Microplastics Exposures: Summary Report
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Researchers synthesized findings from over 350 peer-reviewed studies to map everyday human exposure to microplastics across five life domains — outdoor air, indoor environments, children's products, healthcare and personal care, and food and drink — providing a broad overview of external exposure pathways.
Exploring Everyday Microplastic Exposures: Summary Report presents key findings of the main report, which draws on over 350 peer-reviewed studies of human external exposure to microplastics across five categories of everyday life: outdoor sources, indoor environments, children’s products, healthcare and personal care and food and drink. Commissioned by the Plastic Soup Foundation with financial support from the Flotilla Charitable Foundation.
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