Table 1.

MPs levels in different drinking waters and estimated dietary intake in a 2 L water/day consumption scenario.

Location	Food	Total Count of MPs	Estimated Intake of MPs When Drinking 2 L Water/Day	MPs Size	Composition of MPs	MPs Shape	Reference
Germany	Reusable plastic bottled water	3633 particles/L	7266 particles/day	90% < 5 μm	PET, PE, PP	Not specified	[56]
	Single use plastic bottled water	2649 ± 2857 particles/L	5298 ± 5714 particles/day
	Glass bottled water	3074 ± 2531 particles/L	6148 ± 5062 particles/day
Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America	Bottled water	4–16,813 particles/L	8–33,626 particles/day	1- > 5000 μm.	PE, PP, PS, PVC, PET	Fragments Fibres Films Foam Pellets	[53]
	Tap water	10−4–100 particles/L	2 × 10−4–200 particles/day
Germany	Raw water (ground water)	7 particles/m3 (7 × 10−3 particles/L)	0.014 particles/day	50–150 μm	PE, PA, PS, PVC	Fibres	[83]
Saudi Arabia	Drinking water	1.9–4.7 particles/L	3.8–9.4 particles/day	25–500 μm.	PE, PS, PET.	Not specified	[84]

MPs intake range: 2 × 10⁻⁵–33,626 particles/day.