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Corrigendum to article ‘Antimicrobial biocomposites of melt-compounded polylactide films containing silver-based engineered clays’ by María A Busolo and Jose´ M Lagaron, Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting, 29(3), 290–305, DOI: 10.1177/8756087913478601
Corrigendum to article ‘Antimicrobial biocomposites of melt-compounded polylactide films containing silver-based engineered clays’ by María A Busolo and Jose´ M Lagaron, Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting, 29(3), 290–305, DOI: 10.1177/8756087913478601
On page number 291, fourth line from bottom, instead of the following:
“The amount of silver that can be safely consumed by humans (i.e., the reference dose, RFD) is 5 µmg/kg/day. Two liters of drinking water/day would already provide around 200 mg of silver, and the metal is found in variable quantities in other foods as well.
It should read:
The amount of silver that can be safely consumed by humans (i.e., the reference dose, RFD) is 5 microgram/kg/day. Reference [15] EUROPEAN COMMISSION HEALTH & CONSUMER PROTECTION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL. SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON MEDICINAL PRODUCTS AND MEDICAL DEVICES. Opinion on Toxicological Data on Colouring Agents for Medicinal Products: E 174 Silver. http://ec.europa.eu/health/archive/ph_risk/committees/scmp/documents/out30_en.pdf states that two liters of drinking water/day would provide around 200 microgram of silver. The World Health Organization states that the average silver concentrations in natural waters are 0.2--0.3 microgram/litre *, and thus two liters of drinking water/day would provide around 0.04--0.06 micrograms of silver. Silver is also found in variable quantities in other foods as well.
*Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 2nd ed. Vol. 2. Health criteria and other supporting information. World Health Organization, Geneva, 1996.