Characteristic of microplastics in the atmospheric fallout from Dongguan city, China: preliminary research and first evidence

By Liqi Cai, Jundong Wang, Jinping Peng, Zhi Tan, Zhiwei Zhan, Xiangling Tan, Qiuqiang Chen. Environmental science and pollution research international, 2017

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Analysis of microplastics in water by micro-Raman spectroscopy: Release of plastic particles from different packaging into mineral water. (2018, background): “…an increasing number of studies revealing the presence of microplastic particles in 50 fresh water from sources, such as lakes and rivers (Ivleva et al., 2016; McCormick et al., 51 2016; Sruthy and Ramasamy, 2017), as well as in the atmosphere (Cai et al., 2017; Dris et 52 al., 2016) were reported.”
Atmospheric microplastic deposition in an urban environment and an evaluation of transport (2019, background): “Fragments likely derive from thicker plastic products which can be recycled, films could originate from disposable, thin plastic items such as plastic bags and packaging and foam microplastics may be released from expanded polystyrene (EPS) items (Cai et al., 2017).”