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Current Advances in Evaluation of Microplastics in Environmental Toxicology
Summary
This review paper summarizes existing research on microplastics—tiny pieces of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters that are now found everywhere in our environment. These microscopic plastic particles are becoming a major pollution problem because they can harm wildlife and potentially threaten human health as they spread through land and water systems. Understanding how to detect and study these particles is important because they may be entering our food and water supply.
Pollution by plastics has gained significant prominence and assumed the role of being one of the largest environmental issues in the 21st century today. The globalisation and dispersion of plastic litter on land and aquatic systems made plastic litter one cause of concern to the environment as it endangers the lives of animals and threatens environmental health. The most significant of these includes microplastics which is a type of plastic that is microscopic and has a diameter of less than 5 mm.
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