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Table 2 Concentrations of MPs in the soil of several countries

From: Relationship between climate change and environmental microplastics: a one health vision for the platysphere health

Location

type

MPs concentration

Polymer types

Reference

Tibetan Plateau

soil

5–340 items/kg

PVC, PE, PP, and PS

[39]

China

agricultural soils

4.94252.70 items/kg

PP

[40]

Chile

croplands

Pasture

306 ± 360 particles/kg

184 ± 266 particles/kg

PA

PA

[41]

China

soil

7100 to 42,960 particles kg−1

Plastic fibers

[42]