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Realistic Risk Assessment of Soil Microplastics Is Hampered by a Lack of Eligible Data on Particle Characteristics: A Call for Higher Reporting Standards

Environmental Science & Technology 2022 13 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Uwe Schnepf

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Researchers conducted a critical assessment of existing soil microplastic data quality, finding that a widespread lack of standardized reporting on particle characteristics — including size distribution, shape, and polymer type — severely hampers realistic risk assessment for soil-dwelling organisms and ecosystems. The viewpoint calls for higher and more consistent reporting standards across studies to enable meaningful synthesis and regulatory decision-making.

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTRealistic Risk Assessment of Soil Microplastics Is Hampered by a Lack of Eligible Data on Particle Characteristics: A Call for Higher Reporting StandardsUwe Schnepf*Uwe SchnepfUniversity of Stuttgart, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomolecular Systems, Research Unit Biodiversity and Scientific Diving, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70659 Stuttgart, Germany*[email protected]More by Uwe SchnepfView Biographyhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3955-4484Cite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2023, 57, 1, 3–4Publication Date (Web):December 12, 2022Publication History Received2 November 2022Published online12 December 2022Published inissue 10 January 2023https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.2c08151https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c08151article-commentaryACS PublicationsCopyright © 2022 The Author. Published by American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views1618Altmetric-Citations-LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (1 MB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Particle size,Particles,Polymer particles,Risk assessment,Soils Get e-Alerts

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