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Conclusions of “Hazardous Chemicals Associated with Plastics in Environment”
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Increasing plastic production, combined with inadequate end-of-life waste management, is driving a growing flux of plastic debris into the ocean through rivers, wind, and coastal sources, where it fragments into persistent microplastics carrying chemical additives and sorbed pollutants. Addressing this requires systemic changes across plastic production, use, and disposal to prevent continued contamination of marine ecosystems and the food chains they support.
The production of plastics increases, their applications are diverse, and land-based management of the end-of-life products is not perfect. These result in increased amounts of plastics to be supplied to the ocean through a variety of routes and plastic pollution to...
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