{"id":1169,"date":"2023-01-26T05:59:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T05:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agderma.de\/?page_id=1169"},"modified":"2025-03-15T15:41:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T15:41:44","slug":"plastic-in-dermatology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agderma.de\/en\/themen\/plastik-in-der-dermatologie\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastics in dermatology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1169\" class=\"elementor elementor-1169\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d478ea e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3d478ea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d3f871 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d3f871\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Plastics in dermatology<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2179231 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2179231\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c12a81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c12a81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In everyday medical practice, a lot of plastic waste is produced in patient care, from syringe needles to elaborate surgical sets, gloves, masks and laboratory supplies. In addition, in the routine of a dermatological practice or clinic, numerous plastic-packaged samples for care products of various origins play an important role in patient care.<\/p><p>There are over 200 different types of solid plastic of varying composition. Plastic is omnipresent and has been accumulating in the ocean for decades via rivers, sewage and rainwater. It is currently estimated that there are already 14 million tonnes of microplastics on the seabed.<\/p><p>Most of these substances are not biodegradable at all or only with difficulty and, depending on their size, cannot be filtered out of wastewater in urban areas via sewage treatment plants. These substances end up back on the plate via the food chain.<\/p><p><strong>Basically, plastic is weighted differently:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>Macroplastic<\/strong> in the form of packaging material such as tubes, bottles and jars.<\/li><li><strong>Microplastics<\/strong> as solid synthetic compounds of various compositions up to a maximum diameter of 5 mm. These fall as <strong>primary microplastics<\/strong> in the formulation of externals, e.g. as solid substances such as abrasive particles, pastes and powders. Furthermore, the more common liquid polymers are also listed here, which can be contained in externals, e.g. as emulsifiers and preservatives. Secondary <strong>Microplastics<\/strong> on the other hand, is created from macroplastics by abrasion and decomposition processes caused by sun and wind.<\/li><\/ul><div>\u00a0<\/div><p>For a few years now, there has been increasing evidence that, in addition to microplastics, some other substances in external products also have harmful effects on health. These include allergens such as acrylates, tumour-inducing parabens, hormone-active substances such as <a href=\"https:\/\/agderma.de\/en\/topics\/what-are-endocrine-disruptors\/\">endocrine disruptors<\/a> and more <a href=\"https:\/\/agderma.de\/en\/topics\/problem-caused-by-sun-protection-creams\/\">Ingredients of sunscreen products<\/a>which are leading to the death of coral reefs worldwide.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d58bc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d58bc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdr.de\/wissen\/gefahr-mikroplastik-in-menschen100_zc-b1d0fd3e_zs-64b8d9c9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/agderma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Beitrag-Plastik-in-der-Dermatologie_Video.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1172\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agderma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Beitrag-Plastik-in-der-Dermatologie_Video.webp 600w, https:\/\/agderma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Beitrag-Plastik-in-der-Dermatologie_Video-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Video: Microplastics: The invisible danger Courtesy of MDR Wissen (2018)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b668183 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b668183\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A report published in March 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.est.0c05984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Study<\/a> from San Francisco was able to detect 109 industrial chemicals in the blood of newborns and their mothers using mass spectrometry. This clearly demonstrated that chemical nanoparticles can cross the placental barrier. 55 substances were detected in human blood for the first time. 28 substances were clearly attributable to the cosmetic sector. For 42 chemical compounds, the sources and areas of application could not be determined.<\/p><p>This gives rise to the greatest concern. There is a lack of studies that examine which interactions can arise from the multitude of chemical substances in the environment, whether they prove to be toxic and to what extent they can influence the embryogenesis of living beings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5361cbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"5361cbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-8741\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-8741\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">References and legal information<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-8741\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-8741\"><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_11\">\u00a9 Dr. med. Dipl. Biol. Susanne Saha 03\/2021<\/span><\/p><p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/codecheck-app.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Codecheck_Mikroplastikstudie_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microplastics Study 2016<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bund.net\/fileadmin\/user_upload_bund\/publikationen\/chemie\/chemie_plastikatlas_2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PLASTIKATLAS 2019 - Facts and figures about a world full of plastics<\/a>, Heinrich B\u00f6ll Foundation and the German League for the Environment and Nature Conservation, 2nd edition, July 2019<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umsicht.fraunhofer.de\/content\/dam\/umsicht\/de\/dokumente\/publikationen\/2018\/kunststoffe-id-umwelt-konsortialstudie-mikroplastik.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prudence study<\/a>Fraunhofer Institute, 2018<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Im medizinischen Alltag f\u00e4llt bei der Patientenversorgung von der Spritzkan\u00fcle bis zu aufw\u00e4ndigen OP-Sets, Handschuhen, Masken und Laborbedarf viel Plastikabfall an. Zudem spielen in der Routine einer dermatologischen Praxis oder Klinik zahlreiche in Plastik verpackte Proben f\u00fcr Pflegemittel unterschiedlichster Herkunft eine wichtige Rolle in der Patientenversorgung. Es gibt \u00fcber 200 verschiedene feste Plastikarten unterschiedlichster Zusammensetzung. 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