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Comment
. 2016 Jul 19;113(29):E4121-2.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1606615113. Epub 2016 Jul 12.

Microplastic exposure studies should be environmentally realistic

Robin Lenz  1 , Kristina Enders  2 , Torkel Gissel Nielsen  2
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Microplastic exposure studies should be environmentally realistic

Robin Lenz et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Comparison between MP concentrations used in exposure studies (fat colored lines) and observed environmental levels (red diamonds: average concentrations; error bars: minimum and maximum concentration). The red line extrapolates the field data with best fit using a power law regression (y = 3,188 ⋅ x−2.67; 95% confidence intervals as pale red areas). The dotted gray isolines show equal mass concentrations for particles density = 1.04 g ⋅ cm−3. The x-axis scale is the diameter of the micro beads in exposure experiments and the mesh size used in environmental studies, respectively.
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