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Scientists reviewed 7,000 studies on microplastics. Their alarming conclusion puts humanity on notice
2024
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Karen Raubenheimer
Summary
Researchers synthesized findings from 7,000 studies on microplastic contamination, concluding that the evidence base now clearly warrants urgent global action to reduce plastic pollution and mitigate its wide-ranging environmental and human health consequences.
Global action is urgently needed to tackle microplastic – and the problem has never been more pressing.