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Microplastics: Emerging Issues in Emerging Urbanization
Summary
Rapid urbanization is intensifying microplastic contamination in groundwater, soil, and oceans as waste management infrastructure fails to keep pace with plastic consumption. Growing urban populations face increasing microplastic exposure through drinking water and food, making this an urgent public health issue tied to urban planning and policy.
Microplastics had been previously excluded from the data on global plastic pollution. Reports of findings from recent years have placed microplastics higher up the priority list. Microplastics have made their way into groundwater, soil, and the oceans. They have also...