Publications by authors named "Maria Nadine Gerhard"
Can the presence of additives result in false positive errors for microplastics in infant feeding bottles?
Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess
January 2022
Article Synopsis
- Recent studies have identified food contact materials, like polypropylene infant feeding bottles, as potential sources of microplastics, with one report suggesting over 16 million particles could be released.
- In this study, only one of the seven bottles examined released detectable microplastics, which were found to be contaminants rather than particles from the actual bottles.
- The findings suggest that heat can influence the release of additives from the materials, leading to misleading results in microplastic detection, highlighting the need for careful evaluation when heated polymers are involved.