Release and intestinal translocation of chemicals associated with microplastics in an in vitro human gastrointestinal digestion model

Microplastics and Nanoplastics

Table 1 The particle size (μm) of test polymers

	PA	PE	PET bottle	PP 1	PP 2 (food container)	PS	PVC
Mean	9.13	18.79	6.43	11.11	4.36	27.55	33.80
St. Dev.	8.17	30.29	27.00	13.74	3.05	25.92	53.78
Min.	0.35	0.80	0.93	0.60	0.93	3.40	2.76
D₁₀	0.86	1.39	1.48	2.09	1.56	8.79	3.06
Median	8.41	5.00	2.76	6.37	3.67	20.01	4.64
D₉₀	19.80	42.61	6.54	26.87	9.07	53.08	128.87
Max.	42.03	224.55	283.16	121.31	14.50	275.00	177.51

Min. minimum size, Max. maximum size, D10 the particle size which 10% of the particle population were less than, by count, D90 the particle size which 90% of the particle population were less than, by count, St. Dev. standard deviation, PA polyamide, PE ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, PET polyethylene terephthalate, PP polypropylene, PS polystyrene, PVC polyvinylchloride