{"id":544826,"date":"2026-08-27T03:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T01:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.phytocontrol.com\/uncategorized\/water-contamination-by-microplastics\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T11:47:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T09:47:03","slug":"water-contamination-by-microplastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.phytocontrol.com\/en\/news\/water-contamination-by-microplastics\/","title":{"rendered":"Water contamination by microplastics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>The current issue of microplastics found in water is driving Phytocontrol laboratory to develop a new analytical method to provide a solution to environmental sector stakeholders. <\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Global plastic production is around 300 million tonnes per year, of which 13 million tonnes is the estimated proportion that can be found in rivers and oceans. <br\/> Omnipresent in our daily lives, plastics find their way into the environment as waste for <strong>71% of them<\/strong> (9% are recycled, 12% go to energy recovery and 8% are stored in landfill sites).<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a microplastic?<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"> <li>Primary microplastics, manufactured for industrial purposes.<\/li> <li>Secondary microplastics, derived from the fragmentation of larger plastic debris through physico-chemical degradation processes. <strong>These are the ones we find in aquatic systems.<\/strong><\/li><br\/><br\/> <h3> What are the risks? <\/h3> Microplastics are not biodegradable and can be found in surface water (sea, lake, river\u2026), groundwater and drinking water (tap water, bottled water). Studies have also shown that sediments could potentially contain them.<br\/><br\/> Comme l\u2019indique l\u2019ANSES, \u00ab\u202f<em>microplastics can be hazardous due to their composition, particularly because of additives, potential chemical contaminants, and biological contaminants (bacteria) that attach to their surface<\/em> \u00bb. This is why NGOs are alerting governments about the massive use of plastic materials. <br\/>The European Union recently banned many plastic items: cotton buds, cutlery, straws&#8230; A brand new study on microplastics commissioned by WWF has been published by the University of Newcastle in Australia: the report \u00ab <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/No-plastic-in-nature-Assessing-plastic-ingestion-from.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">No plastic in nature: Assessing plastic ingestion from nature to people<\/a> \u00bb indicates that a person ingests 5 grams of plastic per week, the equivalent of a credit card in microplastics! <br\/><br\/> To date, microplastics are not regulated in water and are not included in REACH classifications. An AFNOR standard (NF T90-600) is being developed for the analysis of microplastics in drinking water and groundwater by vibrational spectroscopy (Raman and infrared). <br\/><br\/><br\/> <h3> La solution Phytocontrol <\/h3> Always at the forefront of innovation and by your side to support you with emerging issues, we take up the challenge of monitoring the evolution of this neo-contaminant with a specific analysis by Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometry (FTIR).<br\/><br\/> <p>Need technical, regulatory or pricing information? Our customer service is available from 8am to 8pm, Monday to Friday, at <a href=\"tel:+33800900775\">+33 800 900 775<\/a> ou <a href=\"mailto:service-clients@phytocontrol.com\">service-clients@phytocontrol.com<\/a><\/p> And to keep up with all the latest Phytocontrol news, join us on our page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/9369065\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a>\u202fet\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/laboratoirePHYTOCONTROL\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u202f! <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.phytocontrol.com\/en\/contact-phytocontrol\/\">\/contact-phytocontrol\/<\/a><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current issue of microplastics found in water is driving Phytocontrol laboratory to develop a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":18351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-544826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - 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