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. 2022 Aug 4;12(15):1979. doi: 10.3390/ani12151979

Table 2.

Median, Min-Max, and Sum of the number of suspected microplastics found in 23% of the sample filter membrane after blank corrections by size categories, and number of individual samples containing suspected microplastics (n) per internal tissues of companion animals.

Suspected Microplastics in 23% of Sample Filter
Sizes (µm) Lungs Blood Clot Kidney Ileum Liver
]1, 10] Median 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Min–Max (0.0–21.0) (0.0–23.0) (0.0–15.0) (0.0–34.0) (0.0–3.0)
Sum 54 26 38 50 8
]10, 20] Median 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Min–Max (0.0–11.0) (0.0–16.0) (0.0–6.0) (0.0–4.0) (0.0–4.0)
Sum 34 23 35 9 16
]20, 50] Median 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Min–Max (0.0–3.0) (0.0–5.0) (0.0–2.0) (0.0–2.0) (0.0–2.0)
Sum 11 10 9 8 6
]50, 100] Median 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Min–Max (0.0–2.0) (0.0–1.0) (0.0–1.0) (0.0–2.0) (0.0–0.0)
Sum 2 2 4 5 0
n 19 8 22 17 14