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Micro Plastics and Their Implications for Human Health: An Environmental Justice Approach

HELIN Digital Commons 2017 2 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Alexis Nicole Smith

Summary

This environmental justice paper examines what it means for human health that microplastics are now ubiquitous in global waterways, drinking water, and the food chain. It argues that microplastic pollution disproportionately affects vulnerable communities and calls for a rights-based framework for addressing the problem.

Study Type Environmental

Studies have shown microplastics are ubiquitous within global waterways. They have been found in waterways that supply drinking water to millions and they have also been found at various levels within the aquatic food chain. This implies that, not only are we eating microplastics, we are drinking them too. What does the reality that we are consuming plastic daily mean for humans as a species?

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