Color: An Important but Overlooked Factor for Plastic Photoaging and Microplastic Formation

Environ Sci Technol. 2022 Jul 5;56(13):9161-9163. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c02402. Epub 2022 Jun 21.

Authors

Xiaoli Zhao¹, Junyu Wang¹, Kenneth Mei Yee Leung², Fengchang Wu¹

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution and Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.

PMID: 35729727
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c02402

No abstract available

Keywords: color; environmental effects; microplastic formation; plastic photoaging; plastic pollution.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Environmental Monitoring
Microplastics
Plastics
Skin Aging*
Water Pollutants, Chemical* / analysis

Substances

Microplastics
Plastics
Water Pollutants, Chemical