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Table 2 Chemical elements detected by XRF spectrometry in 50 consumer products bought in Switzerland in 2018

From: Towards the global plastic treaty: a clue to the complexity of plastics in practice

Eight elements

#11

Ba, Br, Cd, Cl, Cr, Pb, Sb, Ti

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Ba, Cl, Cr, Pb, Sb, Sn, Ti, Zn

#20

Ba, Br, Cl, Cr, Pb, Sb, Ti, Zn

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Seven elements

#6

Br, Cl, Cr, Fe, Sb, Ti, Zn

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Six elements

#2

Ba, Cl, Cu, Fe, Ti, Zn

#25

Ba, Br, Cl, Sn, Ti, Zn

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Ba, Cl, Fe, Pb, Ti, Zn

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Cl, Fe, Pb, Sb, Ti, Zn

#33

Ba, Cl, Cr, Cu, Sn, Ti

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dark blue

Ba, Cl, Cu, Fe, Ti, Zn

Five elements

#45

(yellow stripe)

Ba, Ni, Sb, Ti, Zn

#3

Ba, Cu, Fe, Ni, Ti

#21

Ba, Cl, Cu, Ti, Zn

#29

Ba, Cl, Sb, Ti, Zn

#31

Cr, Cu, Fe, Ti, Zn

Ā 

None

#15

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 
  1. Objects are classified in descending order of number of elements and only where more than five elements were detected (the isolated sample with no detectable elements is also illustrated). Concentrations for all of the products can be found in https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8305228