TY - JOUR
T1 - Analysis of microbeads in cosmetic products in the United Arab Emirates
AU - Habib, Rana Zeeshan
AU - Salim Abdoon, Morog Mohammed
AU - Al Meqbaali, Reem Mohammed
AU - Ghebremedhin, Furtuna
AU - Elkashlan, Marim
AU - Kittaneh, Wajeeh Faris
AU - Cherupurakal, Nizamudeen
AU - Mourad, Abdel Hamid Ismail
AU - Thiemann, Thies
AU - Al Kindi, Ruwaya
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This work was supported by a SURE-PLUS grant (2019/2020) from the United Arab Emirates University . Appendix A
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - Of 37 common facial and body scrubs in the UAE analyzed for chemical composition, loading and particle size, 30% had microplastic content. Some of the microplastics had low softening points, leading to shape deformation, fusion of particles and changed flotation.
AB - Of 37 common facial and body scrubs in the UAE analyzed for chemical composition, loading and particle size, 30% had microplastic content. Some of the microplastics had low softening points, leading to shape deformation, fusion of particles and changed flotation.
KW - Facial and body scrubs
KW - Microbeads
KW - Microplastics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85076699263&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85076699263&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113831
DO - 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113831
M3 - Article
C2 - 31874431
AN - SCOPUS:85076699263
SN - 0269-7491
VL - 258
JO - Environmental Pollution
JF - Environmental Pollution
M1 - 113831
ER -