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Microplastic Invasion – A Threat to Animal and Human Health

Global perspectives on health geography 2020 4 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Joseph Casper

Summary

Researchers examined how plastics fragment into microplastics and reviewed their documented effects on marine life, human health, and the broader environment, emphasizing that the plastic crisis is a globally distributed problem with cascading biological consequences across food chains.

The plastic crisis affects the entire world, regardless of where the plastic is made or where it enters the oceans. This chapter details how plastics become microplastics and the effects microplastics have on the marine life, humans, and environment. Issues of...

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