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Scientists Reviewed 7,000 Studies on Microplastics.
Chemistry International
2025
Karen Raubenheimer
Summary
This review article summarizes a comprehensive evaluation of 7,000 studies on microplastics compiled 20 years after the term was coined in a landmark Science paper, synthesizing two decades of research on environmental accumulation of microplastic particles and fibres.
Abstract It’s been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and fibres. It named the particles “microplastics.”