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Small Plastic Wastes in Soils: What Is Our Real Perception of the Problem?
Summary
Researchers argued that terrestrial soils have been largely ignored as a source and reservoir of microplastic pollution, even though soil likely contains far more microplastics than aquatic systems and serves as the primary pathway plastics take to reach rivers and oceans. Addressing soil contamination may be the most critical step in solving the broader microplastics crisis.
Soils and terrestrial ecosystems have been widely ignored as part of the problem of environmental contamination with plastic wastes, even though this resource is likely the main source of microplastics to aquatic systems. In the last few years, several studies have...