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Ecotoxicity of Plastic in the Marine Environment - Contributions to an Environmental Impact Model
Summary
Researchers reviewed the ecotoxicity of plastic pollution in marine environments and proposed contributions to an environmental impact model, finding that chemical additives and sorbed contaminants in plastic debris significantly affect organism health and complicate accurate toxicity assessments.
The pollution caused by plastic materials is a social and environmental challenge whose consequences are yet to be understood and measured. Regarding the pollution of the marine environment, one can notice that the concentration of chemicals in plastic debris affects...