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Microplastics in Personal Care Products
September 5 , 2024
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- Researchers found that the microplastics from 45 products, both national and international, bought online and offline.
- It found that 49.12% of all selected products analysed in India contained plastic microbeads.
- 45% of the products contained irregular or smooth microplastics, with polyethylene being the dominant polymer, and followed by the polypropylene, polystyrene, polyurethane, and polycaprolactone.
- A significant number of products (23.33%) contained cellulose microbeads.
- Approximately, 1.34% of the total product contained plastic microbeads, with the highest at 5.04% and some as low as 0.04%.
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