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Plastics and Microplastics—Environmental and Health Hazards

Smart nanomaterials technology 2025
Sai Kumar Tammina, Saraschandra Naraginti, Ajahar Khan, Lakshmi.S Jyothi

Summary

Researchers reviewed how long-lasting plastic use and improper disposal—through landfilling or incineration—releases hazardous chemicals into soil, food, and water, posing serious environmental and public health risks across ecosystems.

Long-lasting use of plastic products and their exposure to high temperature and pressure conditions results in the release of hazardous chemicals into the soil, food, and water. Also, the disposal of plastics via landfilling or burning them in the air results in...

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