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Are Micro- or Nanoplastics Leached from Drinking Water Distribution Systems?

Environmental Science & Technology 2019 51 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Yanghui Xu, Qiang He, Caihong Liu, Xiaoliu Huangfu

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This viewpoint paper examines whether plastic drinking water pipes could shed micro- or nanoplastics into tap water, reviewing evidence on pipe materials like PVC and polyethylene. While leaching is possible—especially with aging or damaged pipes—data on the scale of human exposure remains limited.

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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEViewpointNEXTAre Micro- or Nanoplastics Leached from Drinking Water Distribution Systems?Yanghui XuYanghui XuKey Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University Chongqing 400044, ChinaMore by Yanghui Xu, Qiang HeQiang HeKey Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University Chongqing 400044, ChinaMore by Qiang He, Caihong LiuCaihong LiuKey Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University Chongqing 400044, ChinaMore by Caihong Liu, and Xiaoliu Huangfu*Xiaoliu HuangfuKey Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University Chongqing 400044, China*Phone: +86-023-6512-0980; fax: +86-023-6512-0980; e-mail: [email protected]More by Xiaoliu Huangfuhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-3437-3898Cite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2019, 53, 16, 9339–9340Publication Date (Web):August 8, 2019Publication History Received3 July 2019Published online8 August 2019Published inissue 20 August 2019https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b03673https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b03673newsACS PublicationsCopyright © 2019 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views8977Altmetric-Citations26LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (725 KB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Chlorine,Drinking water,Materials,Plastics,Polyethylene Get e-Alerts

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