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Stressor Exposures Determine Risk: So, Why Do Fellow Scientists Continue To Focus on Superficial Microplastics Risk?

Environmental Science & Technology 2017 107 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
G.A. Burton

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This commentary challenges the field's focus on microplastic concentrations in isolation, arguing that stressor exposures determine risk and urging researchers to consider realistic environmental conditions, bioavailability, and co-occurring stressors when assessing ecological harm.

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEViewpointNEXTStressor Exposures Determine Risk: So, Why Do Fellow Scientists Continue To Focus on Superficial Microplastics Risk?G. Allen Burton, Jr.View Author Information University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United StatesCite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2017, 51, 23, 13515–13516Publication Date (Web):November 17, 2017Publication History Received25 October 2017Published online17 November 2017Published inissue 5 December 2017https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.7b05463https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b05463newsACS PublicationsCopyright © 2017 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 Views11290Altmetric-Citations88LEARN 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 (670 KB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Environmental pollution,Environmental science,Organic polymers,Quality management Get e-Alerts

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