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Microplastics - an invisible threat to health and the environment
Original title: Microplastics - an invisible threat to health and the environment
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This Croatian-language paper reviews the growing problem of microplastic pollution in the environment, summarizing sources, distribution across ecosystems, and potential health effects. It emphasizes that microplastics are increasingly found in human food and drinking water.
Posljedica nezaustavljivog rasta proizvodnje plastike i neadekvatnog odlaganja otpada je onečišćenje plastikom koje postaje globalni izazov. Velike su količine odbačene plastike u okolišu pod direktnim utjecajem biotičkih i abiotičkih faktora zbog kojih dolazi do usitnjavanja čestica i nastajanja sitnih čestica plastike, odnosno mikroplastike. Mikroplastika je brzorastući onečišćivač koji, zbog svoje sveprisutnosti u okolišu i u čovjekom neposrednom okruženju, izaziva veliku zabrinutost javnosti, ali i privlači pažnju znanstvenika u otkrivanju štetnih utjecaja na zdravlje i okoliš. Male dimenzije čestica stvaraju poteškoće pri detekciji, identifikaciji, a posebice pri uklanjanju mikroplastike iz okoliša. Zbog toksičnih efekata, potrebno je smanjiti odlaganje plastike u okoliš te razviti ili poboljšati već postojeće metode te provesti zakonsku regulativu kojima bi se smanjilo ispuštanje mikroplastike u okoliš.
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