Title

In response of Detection of microplastics in patients with allergic rhinitis.

Authors

Tuna, Ayşegül; Taş, Burak M.; Başaran Kankılıç, Gökben; Koçak, Furkan M.; Şencan, Ziya; Cömert, Ela; Bayar Muluk, Nuray; Kaçmaz, Birgül; Gül, Serdar; Böke, Eftal

Abstract

This document is a letter to the editor in response to a previous article about the detection of microplastics in patients with allergic rhinitis. The authors explain that they took a blind sample using a syringe of saline physiology, which was stored in polypropylene packages and examined for microplastics. No microplastic particles were found on the blind sample, indicating that work-related contamination was ruled out. The authors believe that any possible contamination was minimized by using washed materials and that there were no microplastics in the blinded samples.

Subjects

ALLERGIC rhinitis; MICROPLASTICS; ONLINE comments; INFANT formulas

Publication

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 2024, Vol 281, Issue 3, p1611

ISSN

0937-4477

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1007/s00405-024-08460-z