Microplastics - Inhalation route - Abbreviations

1 α-antitrypsin        

Alpha-1 antitrypsin

ABS             

Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene

COT    

Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment

COMEAP               

Committee on Medical Effects of Air Pollution

CONTAM               

Contaminants in the Food Chain

Defra                      

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

EC                         

European Commission

ECC                       

Environment and Climate Change

ECHA                    

European Chemicals Agency

EFSA                     

European Food Safety Authority

FT-IR                     

Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy

FSA                       

Food Standards Agency

GIT                        

Gastrointestinal tract

HC                         

Health Canada

ILSI                        

International Life Sciences Institute

MILC                      

Mothers’ information on lactation and collection

MOE                      

Margin of exposure

MPPs                     

Microplastic particles

NEE                       

Non-exhaust emission

NMPs                     

Nano- and microplastics

NOAEL                  

No observed adverse effect level

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and                       Development

PAHs                     

Polyaromatic hydrocarbons

PCBs                     

Polychlorinated biphenyls

PE                         

Polyethylene

PET                       

Polyethylene terephthalate

PM10                      

Particulate matter (10 µm)

PP                         

Polypropylene

py-GC-MS   

Pyrolysis coupled with gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy

qNMR

Quantitative Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

RAC            

Committee for Risk Assessment

REACH        

Registration Evaluation Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals

ROS                      

Reactive oxygen species

RUBIAC                 

Rubber Industry Advisory Committee

SAM  

EU Group of Chief Scientific Advisors; Scientific Advice Mechanism

SAPEA                  

EU Science Advice for Policy by European Academies

SEAC                     

Committee for Socio-economic Analysis

TDS-GC-MS

Thermodesorption gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection

TWPs                    

Tyre wear particles

TRWPs                  

Tyre and road wear particles

UK                         

United Kingdom

UKWIR                  

United Kingdom Water Industry Research

US                         

United States

VOCs                     

Volatile organic compounds

WHO                     

World Health Organisation

Zonula Occludens  

Scaffolding proteins