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Microplastics and Their Impacts on Organisms and Trophic Chains
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This review synthesizes current knowledge on microplastic pollution, examining the mechanisms by which microplastics affect organisms at multiple levels of biological organization and how plastic particles transfer through trophic chains, accumulating and potentially magnifying in concentration up the food web. Researchers highlight evidence for physical, chemical, and microbial impacts on organisms ranging from invertebrates to mammals, including humans, and identify priority areas for future ecotoxicological research.
Microplastic pollution is a global problem that has attracted extensive attention and has become a very hot topic in the scientific community [...]
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