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Socioeconomic Impacts of Microplastics Pollution in the Marine Environment
Summary
Researchers assess the socioeconomic consequences of marine microplastic pollution, examining how contamination affects fisheries, tourism, food safety, and coastal communities, and evaluating the economic costs borne by industries and governments as microplastics disrupt marine ecosystems and the livelihoods that depend on them.
Plastics is contributing a major portion of the litter found in marine environments throughout the world. Microplastics (plastic particles less than 5 mm in size) are causing disquietude because of their capability to harm ecosystems, organisms, and human health....