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Microplastics: Is There Any Environmental Information about Insect Glue Trap Plastic (IGTP)?
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This viewpoint article raises the question of whether plastic glue traps used to catch insects — a common pest control product — could be an overlooked source of microplastic pollution in the environment. The authors note that very little research has examined the environmental fate of insect glue trap plastics after disposal. The commentary calls attention to a gap in microplastic source accounting.
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEViewpointNEXTMicroplastics: Is There Any Environmental Information about Insect Glue Trap Plastic (IGTP)?Pavlos Tziourrou*Pavlos TziourrouDepartment of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 541 24, Greece*[email protected], +306989855098More by Pavlos Tziourrouhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2392-9210 and Effimia PapatheodorouEffimia PapatheodorouDepartment of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 541 24, GreeceMore by Effimia PapatheodorouCite this: J. Agric. Food Chem. 2022, 70, 49, 15323–15324Publication Date (Web):December 2, 2022Publication History Received2 November 2022Published online2 December 2022Published inissue 14 December 2022https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jafc.2c07653https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.2c07653in-briefACS PublicationsCopyright © Published 2022 by American Chemical SocietyRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views163Altmetric-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 Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts
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