Applied Biological Chemistry

Table 5 Numbers of microplastics less than 500 µm in 10 g agricultural land soils (particles/kg)

From: Distribution of microplastics in soil by types of land use in metropolitan area of Seoul

	Microplastics
	Total	PE	PP	PS	PET	PU
> 500	2	0	0	0	2	0
300–500	2	0	0	0	0	2
100–300	0	0	0	0	0	0
50–100	0	0	0	0	0	0
20–50	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	4	0	0	0	2	2

PE polyethylene, PP polypropylene, PS polystyrene, PET polyethylene terephthalate, PU polyurethane

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