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Superficial or Substantial: Why Care about Microplastics in the Anthropocene?
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This viewpoint paper argues that microplastics represent a genuinely significant environmental threat rather than a superficial concern, examining the scientific evidence and social dimensions of the issue. The authors make the case for treating microplastic pollution as a priority environmental challenge in the Anthropocene.
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTSuperficial or Substantial: Why Care about Microplastics in the Anthropocene?Johanna Kramm*Johanna KrammISOE—Institute for Social-Ecological Research, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany*E-mail: [email protected]More by Johanna Kramm, Carolin Völker*Carolin VölkerISOE—Institute for Social-Ecological Research, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany*E-mail: [email protected]More by Carolin Völkerhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-3009-8729, and Martin Wagner*Martin WagnerDepartment of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway*E-mail: [email protected]More by Martin Wagnerhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4402-3234Cite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2018, 52, 6, 3336–3337Publication Date (Web):March 1, 2018Publication History Received14 February 2018Published online1 March 2018Published inissue 20 March 2018https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.8b00790https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b00790newsACS PublicationsCopyright © 2018 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views9089Altmetric-Citations51LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (746 KB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Environmental pollution,Materials,Plastics,Toxicology Get e-Alerts
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