Erratum: Human consumption of microplastics (Environmental Science & Technology (2019) 53:12 (7068−7074) DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01517)

Abstract

We discovered an error in Table 1. The error influenced only adult male and female total annual microplastic intake. Total annual microplastic intake estimates for male and female children were not influenced by this error. Daily consumption and inhalation, annual consumption and inhalation, and total daily intake estimates for adults and children were not affected. This error was attributed to alcohol intake being included as the recommended alcohol consumption value (adult males 0.71 L/day and adult females 0.35 L/day) when calculating total annual intake, as opposed to the per capita alcohol consumption value (adult males 0.04 L/day and adult females 0.01 L/day) that was included in the rest of the analysis, Figure 1 and 2, and supplemental tables. The total annual intake of microplastics for adult males and females is 113 743 and 94 283, respectively. We had previously reported 121 664, and 98 305 for adult males and females, respectively. A revised version of Table 1 and corrected statements are below. None of the conclusions discussed in the manuscript are affected by the correction. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Please find the correct concentrations stated below: • Abstract: These estimates increase to 74 000 and 113 000 when inhalation is considered. • Page 7071: The combination of ingestion and inhalation of MPs yields total annual exposure estimates of approximately 81 000, 113 000, 74 000, and 94 000 for male children, male adults, female children, and female adults, respectively (Table 1).