Table 2.

Comparison of present and worldwide values for microplastics abundance, size range, and polymer types in commercial sea salt samples.

Sea	Country	MP characteristics			References
		Polymer type	Particle size range (μm)	Concentration (Particles kg-1)
Bay of Bengal	Bangladesh	PP, PET, PS, PE	250–5000	78–137	This study
Pacific Ocean	Thailand	PE, PET, PP, PVC	100–5000	80–600	12
	Vietnam	Acrylic, PE, PP, PU	100–5000	100–200	12
	New Zealand	PE	160–980	0–1	11
	South Korea	Acrylic, Nylon, PE, PET, PP	100–3000	100–300	12
	Japan	PE, PET	160–980	0–1	11
	Chinese Taipei	PE, PET, PP	100–2000	0–1300	12
	Australia	Acrylic, Nylon, PE, PET, PP, PS	100–3000	80	12
Mediterranean Sea	Turkey	PE, PET, PP, PU, PA, PVC	< 100	18–84	28
	Spain	PE, PET, PP	30–3500	80–280	29
	Italy	PE, PP	4–2100	22–594	27
	France	PE, PET, PP	160–980	0–2	11
	Croatia	PE, PP	15–4628	13,500–19,800	27
Indic Ocean	India	Nylon, PE, PET, PP, PVC	50–600	100–5000	12
	Malaysia	PP	160–980	0–1	11
Black Sea	Bulgaria	Nylon, PE, PP, PVC	100–4000	10	12
Atlantic Ocean	Brazil	PET, PP	100–1000	200	12
	Portugal	PET, PP	160–980	0–10	11
	Senegal	PE, PET, PP	100–3000	250	12
	South Africa	PET	160–980	1–3	11
	United Kingdom	PP, PE, PVC	100–2000	120	12
	USA	PE	100–1000	3000	12

PET Polyethylene terephthalate, PP Polypropylene, PE Polyethylene, PVC Polyvinyl chloride, PS Polystyrene, PA Polyamide, PU Polyurethane.