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Plastic in the Food Chain and the Expected Pandemic of Cancer?
Summary
This commentary argues that the scientific community has not kept pace with the political and public recognition of plastic pollution as a potential cancer risk. The authors call for more research into how microplastics and plastic-associated chemicals may contribute to cancer through food chain exposure.
The world has a persistent plastic pollution problem and despite tremendously societal awareness we state the efforts of the International Scientific Community (ISC) are heavily lagging behind politics and other organizations, which we will substantiate further
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