This a basic project presentation on microplastics in drinking tap water form Bangladesh.

1. Evaluation of
Microplastics
& their characteristics in
drinking tap water from
Bangladesh

2. What? Source Current Reports
particles of plastic
measuring less than 5
millimeters in size
Degradation and
fragmentation of larger
plastic items, such as
bottles, bags, and
packaging materials. (S.M.
Mintenig, 2017)
.
Contaminants found
everywhere, even in
human placenta
(Antonio Ragusa, 2021).
Human intake of MPs via the
food chain: 12,100 to 74,000
items/year.(Cox, et al., 2019)
Introduction

3. Justification
There are not any significant reports on MPs
in drinking tap water in Bangladesh despite
plastic being one of the essential industrial
components.
Household pipes in drinking water distribution
systems are mainly plastic pipes in Bangladesh.
Microplastics in drinking tap water raise concerns
about potential long-term health effects

4. 01 02 03
Objectives
To know the
abundance of
microplastics in
drinking tap water of
Bangladesh.
To classify the
microplastics based on
their size and color.
To estimate the
dietary intake of
MPs through drinking
tap water.

5. Methodology
Sylhet
& Barisal.
01
Sample
Collection
Sample will be
collected from big
metropolitan
cities of
Bangladesh
02 03 04
Laboratory
Analysis
Lab-collected water
filtered through 5-
micron cellulose
nitrate membrane;
then do
microscopic
analysis.
Dietary Intake
of MPs:
Exposure =
(C×M)/BW.
Statistical
Analysis
ANOVA will be
conducted using
PAST (version 3)
with significance
at p < 0.05; FT-IR
data analyzed in
OriginPro 2021.

6. Sample
Area Map
Sylhet
Chittagong
Dhaka
Khulna
Barisal
Rajshahi

7. Expected Outcome
Expected to know the abundance of micro-plastics
in drinking tap water of Bangladesh.
Able to analyze the characteristics of micro-plastics
such as size, color and structure.
Make comparative analysis the micro-plastics
abundance in different parts of Bangladesh

8. 02 03
References
S.M. Mintenig, I. I.-V. (2017). Identification of microplastic in effluents of waste water treatment plants
using focal plane array-based micro-Fourier transform infrared imaging. ELSEVIER, 365-372.
Antonio Ragusa, A. S. (2021). Plasticenta: First evidence of microplastics in human placenta. ELSEVIER,
1-8.
Cox, K. D., Covernton, G. A., Davies, H. L., Dower, J. F., Juanes, F., & Dudas, S. E. (2019). Human
Consumption of Microplastics. Environmental Science & Technology, 7068-7074.