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. 2018 Sep 28;33(3):e2018013. doi: 10.5620/eht.e2018013

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Figure 2. — Relative abundance in percent of material-types of microplastics identified in STP influents and effluents. Minimum, 25 percentile, median, 75 percentile, and maximum values from ref 27, 32, 34, 36, and 39 are presented in the box plot. (Abbreviations: PE=polyethylene, PP=polypropylene, PS=polystyrene, PET=polyethylene terephthalate, PA=polyacrylate, PU=polyurethane, PVC=polyvinyl chloride, PVA=polyvinyl alcohol, PPO=polyphenylene oxide, ABS=acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, SAN=styrene acrylonitrile, EVA=ethylene-vinyl acetate, PLA=polylactic acid, PLE=polyaryl ether).