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The Problem of Microplastics and Regulatory Strategies in Italy

˜The œhandbook of environmental chemistry 2019 25 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Claudia Campanale, Carmine Massarelli, Giuseppe Bagnuolo, Ilaria Savino, Vito Felice Uricchio

Summary

Researchers reviewed Italy's regulatory landscape for microplastic pollution, tracing the scientific and policy history from the term's first use in 2004 to present-day governance challenges. The study highlights the gap between the growing scale of microplastic contamination and the adequacy of current laws to address it.

The term “microplastics” was first used in 2004 to describe very small fragments of plastic (~50 μm) in the water column and in sediments. In 2009, Arthur et al. (Proceedings of the International Research Workshop on the Occurrence, Effects and...

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