Twenty years of microplastic pollution research—what have
2024年9月19日 · Twenty years of research focused on microplastic pollution has identified their multiple sources, wide-scale environmental distribution, bioavailability, and impacts. This evidence, together with the associated sociopolitical dynamics, has …
Microplastics are everywhere — we need to understand how they …
2024年4月19日 · In the case of microplastics, from October 2023, the European Union has restricted the intentional addition of microplastics to products and has set a target to reduce microplastics pollution by...
Microplastics: The long legacy left behind by plastic pollution
2023年4月28日 · One of the most damaging and long-lived legacies of the plastic pollution crisis is microplastics, a growing threat to human and planetary health. These tiny plastic particles are present in everyday items, including cigarettes, clothing and cosmetics.
Microplastics pollution: A comprehensive review on the …
2021年12月1日 · Microplastics (MPs) are omnipresent and enter into the environment due to the indiscriminate usage in various industrial productions like cleaning and cosmetics products, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, and through the weathering of large plastic relics.
What are microplastics? - NOAA's National Ocean Service
2015年12月28日 · Most plastics in the ocean break up into very small particles. These small plastic bits are called "microplastics." Other plastics are intentionally designed to be small. They're called microbeads and are used in many health and beauty products.
Scientists reviewed 7,000 studies on microplastics. Their alarming ...
2024年9月19日 · Microplastic pollution is the result of human actions and decisions. We created the problem – and now we must create the solution. Some countries have implemented laws regulating...
Microplastics are in our bodies. How much do they harm us?
2023年5月8日 · ENVIRONMENT. Microplastics are in our bodies. How much do they harm us? The science is unsettled, but researchers say there is cause for concern. Tiny plastic particles like these—called...
Microplastics are everywhere — but are they harmful? - Nature
2021年5月4日 · The researchers found that at current microplastic pollution levels, fish run that risk at 1.5% of locations checked for microplastics 6. But there are likely to be hotspots where the risks would...
Landmark study links microplastics to serious health problems
2024年3月6日 · Plastic planet. Scientists have found microplastics just about everywhere they’ve looked: in oceans; in shellfish; in breast milk; in drinking water; wafting in the air; and falling with...
The global odyssey of plastic pollution | Science - AAAS
2020年6月12日 · Microplastic pollution is pervasive. Emerging research pinpoints atmospheric deposition as a mode of microplastic transfer to the western United States. Mapping microplastic pools (water, land, organisms) and fluxes (arrows) will guide delineation of the global microplastic cycle. GRAPHIC: N. CARY/ SCIENCE.