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Effects of Nanoplastics on the Living Environment
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Researchers reviewed the many ways nanoplastics — plastic fragments too small to see without a microscope — affect living organisms and broader ecosystems, finding evidence of harm to reproduction, behavior, and cellular function across multiple species. Because nanoplastics are even harder to detect and filter than microplastics, they may pose an underappreciated threat to biodiversity and food chains.
The occurrence of anthropogenic substances in the biotic environment is considered a major threat to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Plastic fragments are a typical example of anthropogenic elements that have a multitude of direct and indirect impact on...
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