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Microplásticos, un problema de salud pública emergente
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Researchers conducted an unstructured literature review of microplastic contamination in Ecuador published over the last five years, finding chronological evidence of microplastics in oceans, freshwater, terrestrial ecosystems, air, food, and the human body, and concluding that microplastic pollution requires immediate control measures as a critical public health issue.
Introducción: los productos plásticos han transformado la era moderna de tal manera que la vida sin plásticos sería irreconocible, a la par de este desarrollo la contaminación plástica es omnipresente convirtiéndose en uno de los problemas ambientales modernos más importantes. Objetivo: compilar la información publicada en los últimos 5 años sobre la contaminación ambiental por microplásticos en Ecuador para reforzar el interés local sobre estos contaminantes. Desarrollo: se realizó una revisión no estructurada de la literatura. Se utilizaron como bases de datos PubMed y Google Scholar. Los criterios de inclusión fueron: artículos publicados en los últimos 5 años, en idiomas inglés y español, se excluyeron otros idiomas; la selección de estudios fue de tipo a conveniencia. Se organizó y analizó cronológicamente la evidencia publicada en PubMed y Google Scholar en los últimos 5 años sobre microplásticos en Ecuador. Consideraciones finales: la información recopilada muestra cronológicamente el avance de la contaminación por microplásticos tanto a nivel mundial como en Ecuador, además, se evidencia la presencia de microplásticos en océanos, agua dulce, ecosistemas terrestres, aire, alimentos y dentro del cuerpo humano. Por lo cual la contaminación por microplásticos es un tema de gran relevancia actual, que requiere acciones de control inmediatas.
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