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Microplastic Fate and Impacts in the Environment

2022 8 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Andy M. Booth, Lisbet Sørensen

Summary

Microplastic pollution has been documented across virtually every ecosystem on Earth, from sea surfaces to deep sediments, polar regions to tropical rivers, and inside a wide range of organisms spanning multiple trophic levels. This comprehensive environmental presence confirms that microplastics pose systemic risks to biodiversity and human health through multiple exposure pathways.

Study Type Environmental

Microplastic pollution has been reported in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems, from the sea surface to sediments, from beaches to the deep sea, from lakes to rivers, from the tropics to the poles, and in a wide range of organisms representing different...

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