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Marine microplastics spell big problems for future generations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2016 481 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Tamara S. Galloway, Ceri Lewis

Summary

This short PNAS commentary summarizes research on the harm microplastics cause to marine ecosystems and warns about long-term consequences for future generations. It emphasizes that plastic particles act both as physical hazards and as carriers of persistent toxic chemicals for marine organisms.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans the biological, physical, and social sciences.

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